bestow
towers
stowed
washed
Dewar’s
reward
beware
bedews
Swedes
Wedges
hedged
behead
daybed
daubed
urbane
lauded
addled
Unless the rules have changed from the title, that’s a bit more than two letters from the previous word.
I think you ninja’d Annie. But just keepin’ on keepin’, I’ll go with…
beadle
leaden