11-Step Solution
-----SWORDSWORD: a weapon having a long blade for cutting or thrusting
-----SWARDSWARD: cover with turf
-----SHARDSHARD: a fragment of broken pottery
-----CHARDCHARD: a variety of beet
-----CHARSCHARS: char: burn slightly
-----CHALSCHALS: chal: a male human being
-----DHALSDHALS: dhal: a dish of lentils and spices in India
-----DIALSDIALS: dial: manipulate a calibrated disk
-----DIRLSDIRLS: dirl: shake involuntarily
-----BIRLSBIRLS: birl: rotate a floating log
-----BIRLEBIRLE: engage in a carousal
-----BIBLEBIBLE: an authoritative publication : BIBLICAL
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12-Step Solution
-----SWORDSWORD: SWARD, SWORE, SWORN
-----SWORESWORE: swear: utter a solemn oath
-----STORESTORE: put away for future use
-----STARESTARE: gaze fixedly
-----STARSSTARS: star: shine as a star (a natural luminous body visible in the sky)
-----SEARSSEARS: sear: withered; dry / withered; dry / sear / burn the surface of
-----SEALSSEALS: seal: close or make secure against access, leakage, or passage
-----SELLSSELLS: sell: give up to another for money or other valuable consideration
-----BELLSBELLS: bell: provide with a bell (a ringing device)
-----BILLSBILLS: bill: present a statement of costs to
-----BIRLSBIRLS: birl: rotate a floating log
-----BIRLEBIRLE: engage in a carousal
-----BIBLEBIBLE: BIRLE
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