slither
neither
heretic
crochet
chortle
chiclet
lettice
lettice?
enticed
notched
pinched
puncher
henpeck
heckler
buckler
buckles
suckled
skulked
skunked
snicker
You can’t go from skunked to snicker in 2; you need c, i, r. Snicked would have worked.
Playing off skunked:
skinned