5-Step Solution
-----MOBYMOBY: a mobile phone, also MOBE, MOBIE
-----MONYMONY: consisting of or amounting to a large number
-----MINYMINY: like a mine
-----MINKMINK: a carnivorous mammal
-----MICKMICK: an Irishman -- an offensive term
-----DICKDICK: waste time -- an offensive term
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9-Step Solution
-----MOBYMOBY: DOBY, GOBY, MOBE, MOBS, MOLY, MONY, MOPY, TOBY
-----MOBSMOBS: mob: crowd about
-----BOBSBOBS: bob: move up and down
-----BOGSBOGS: bog: obstruct the progress of
-----DOGSDOGS: dog: follow after like a dog (a domesticated, carnivorous mammal)
-----DONSDONS: don: put on
-----DONEDONE: do: the first tone of the diatonic musical scale / begin and carry through to completion
-----DINEDINE: eat dinner
-----DICEDICE: cut into small cubes
-----DICKDICK: DACK, DECK, DICE, DICH, DICT, DINK, DIRK, DISK, DOCK, DUCK, HICK, KICK, LICK, MICK, NICK, PICK, RICK, SICK, TICK, WICK
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