Pedantle, aka Wordle Shiritori

tori (shrine gate, Japanese)

Wait, no, that’s a torii.

Oh, I can still play torii. That’s convenient.

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Torri (towers, Italian)

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Torry

Sorry

worry

Wormy

worms (note that worm is gone)

Works

woks

Wok

Woke

Poke
Wake

rake

Bake

sake

:sake:

spake

Early Modern English version of spoke, which has stuck around in the public consciousness due to the King James Bible.

Here’s a KJV quote from Wiktionary (Genesis 8:15-16):

And God ſpake vnto Noah, ſaying, / Goe foorth of the Arke, thou, and thy wife, and thy ſonnes, and thy ſonnes wiues with thee

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Space

spice

Spicy

spiny