e.g.
abscond
seconds
e.g.
abscond
seconds
condone
Condors
Indoors
doorman
tandoor
adjourn
(BTW, it appears that, at least if reusing words is allowed, every 7-letter word can be reached except zymurgy.)
I won’t ask how long it took you to determine that…
In play: sojourn
(Perhaps if foreign language words are used, even zymurgy can be reached one day. Perhaps.)
Journey
Journal
Jalousy
n/m
Jealous
Jouster
Jupiter
pithier
pitched
ditched
bitched
bitches