Lewis Carroll's game of "Word Golf" or "Doublets" or "Word Ladders" requires you to build a chain of words between two given words, changing only a single letter at a time. I had heard that going from OUNCE to POUND was impossible, but I persisted. The solution I found relies heavily on two Scottish dialect words, "DUNCH" (a nudge with the elbow), and "CAULD" (a spelling of "cold"). The other words in the chain are more legitimate.
ounce
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dunce
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dunch
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bunch
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bunco
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bunko
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bunks
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bulks
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balks
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calks
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calls
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cauls
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cauld
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could
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would
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wound
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pound