Six-letter words - change zero to two letters make a new word (Part 2)

strait

trains

strain

brains

brands

rounds

ounces

bounce

census

unsure

surely

survey

curves

curved

craven

ravens

Taverns!

is 7 letters.

However, ‘tavern’ would be a perfectly acceptable reply to ‘ravens’.

I will respond to ‘tavern’ with

starve

staves

vestal