storage
zygotes
zygomas
mangoes
[del]zymurgy[/del]
No, really, what word was it?
In play:
gnashes
Hessian
[Webster’s 2nd Unabridged, in the “obsolete words” section at the bottom of the pages, lists “mazurgy” as a variant spelling of “mazurka”, a Polish folk dance, which is one step away from “zymurgy”.]
Russian
ruffian
Saffian
raffias
raffles
fluffs
fluffy
Missing letters from last two entries. Playing off of raffles:
staffer
flatter
platted
plaster
cluster
umpires