Drop one and add one.... 6 letters..

[Jacqueline Lindt]

Ground

 

[Madge Bumstead]

Gourds

 

[Jacqueline Lindt]

Gourdy

 

[Madge Bumstead]

Bourde (French Noun - blunder, mistake, error)

 

[Jacqueline Lindt]

Bourne

 

[Madge Bumstead]

Mourne (the armed or feruled end of a staff)

 

[Jacqueline Lindt]

Mourns

 

[Madge Bumstead]

Mounds

 

[Shirley Martin]

sounds

 

[Madge Bumstead]

Pounds

 

[Steve North]

bounds

 

[Jacqueline Lindt]

Hounds

 

[Madge Bumstead]

Should

 

[Jacqueline Lindt]

Housed

 

[Steve North]

houses

 

[Jacqueline Lindt]

Spouse

 

[Steve North]

purses

 

[Madge Bumstead]

Pluses

 

[Steve North]

pulses

 

[Madge Bumstead]

Plumed