Can you make it to the end of these word ladders?

Hope everyone's week has started out strong. I'm always buoyed by listening to my favorite radio show: The NTS Breakfast Show with Flo Dill. Recommended if you like: a good time. Happy to take more music recs in the comments too (radio show or otherwise). 

Those are the basics, but here are some "good to know"s:

– You can only use the same word once in a game

– Including rarer letters will increase your score

– There are three levels, where the locked letter changes (and the difficulty ramps up!)

– There's no timer, so feel free to ponder fun and/or rare words