Science!
nieces
scenes
Hey, are ya’ll trying to confuse me? I counted sixty times, and I still get 6 letters for each of those last two! 
I’m playing off SCIENCE to get back on track:
chances
D’oh! – In my defense, I was just following orders. :smack:
In play: Hansen’s
Oops. My bad. Didn’t notice we were down to six. budda, is using apostrophed words fair play?
harness
It is now. 
In play:
harkens
streaky
streaks
skaters
starkly
darkest
harkens
Stinker.
thicken
necktie
kittens
smitten
Nesmith