Change One Letter 2 - this time it’s personal

[StillCoughingandLaughing]

I didn’t expect to need a new thread this quickly!

In honour of that, your starter word is:

Thread

I have posted something that is not a word. It is just nonsense. Ignore it!!!

I did wonder but didn't want to ask. I was going to carry on with it anyway

Defeated

-Defected

Detected

Detested

Retested

Pretreated

Sorry meant Pretested

Protested

Protester

Are we getting bogged down with these words? Should we start with a new word?

How about boat? ( Because there are boats on my tv right now)

Happy to be ignored if you don't want a reset.

Oat

Moat

Most

Must

Muse

Fuse

Fused

Mused

Amused

Abused

Abased.

Abuser

Mauser