New puzzle: Wordigger

[donkirkby]

Similar to word ladders, you start with a pile of letters that has a word at the top and a word at the bottom. Each turn remove one letter from the top of a column to make a word along the top of the pile. Win if you can get all the way to the word at the bottom of the pile.

Example:

BEND
CARE
WONK

If you remove one letter at a time, you can solve it like this:

BEND
BAND
BARD
CARD
WARD
WARE
WORE
WORK
WONK