seat

peat

meat

feat

Bonus – wheat

heat

neat

bate

rate

date

mate

late

nate

bonus – plate

gate

hate

bonus – state

pate

bonus – equate

bonus – instigate

bonus – investigate

tear

teal

team

bonuse – tease

bonus – masturbate

tale

bonus – stale

I’m sure there are more that I’m forgetting at this time.

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EDIT: No, this was not because I did not understand the game, it was because the rules (which have now changed) were not clear. The way the instructions were before was what my answer above was based on.

You can not “edit” the instructions and then tell me my answer was incorrect based on the poster’s incomplete “rules”.

So, Based on the NEW rules I have you beat with:

ELL:

bell, cell, dell, fell, gell, hell, jell, kell, mell, nell, pell, quell, sell, tell, vell, yell, well, elli, ella, elle

19 words – all legit. So in your face!! Whoo hoo! I rawk!

EAR:

ears, earl, bear, dear, fear, gear, hear, lear, near, pear, rear, sear, tear, wear, year,

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Edit: The guy below may not have understood the rules, but I tried EAT, ATE, and TEA to see if he was right.

EAT:

beat, feat, heat, meat, neat, peat, seat, teat, eath, eats

ATE:

bate, cate, date, fate, gate, hate, late, mate, pate, rate, sate, tate, ates

TEA:

teak, teal, team, tear, teas, teat

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So no, you’re wrong 😀

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Edit: The rules weren’t changed. What he has posted now have always been part of the question. I know this because it’s impossible to edit a question. All you can do is add information to it.

That said, kudos to finding the answer to his original question. You’ll get my vote for best answer (if I remember to come back when this question goes to voting).