SOLUTION TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:

BEARDS abed, ads, are, ares, bad, bade, bar, bard, bards, bare, bared, bares, bars, base, based, baser, bead, beads, bear, beard, bears, bed, beds, bra, brad, brads, brae, braes, bras, bread, breads, bred, dab, dabs, dare, dares, dear, deb, debar, debars, debs, drab, drabs, ear, ears, era, eras, rad, rads, rase, rased, read, reads, red, reds, sabre, sabred, sad, sard, sea, sear, sera.