Week #5: Word Ladder

A word ladder is a puzzle where you start with a word and continuously change it until you end up with a word associated with the starting word. There are 12 words. Each is worth .25 making this challenge worth 3 bonus points. Note: sometimes it helps to work backwards if you get stuck.Also, the little lines each stand for a letter. 

Starting word: summer

1. What you get when you add two numbers together (take away the last 3 letters) ___ ___ ___
2. What rises in the morning and sets in the evening (change one letter) ___ ___ ___
3. What a beach is mostly surrounded by (change 1 letter and add 1 letter) ____ ____ ____ ____
4. What happened to the Titanic when it hit an iceberg (change the last letter) ____ ____ ____ ____
5. A bag to carry items (change 1 letter) ____ ____ ____ ____
6. A type of small pin (change the first letter) ____ ____ ____ ____
7. To approach aggressively and often with a weapon (add 2 letters to the beginning) ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
8. To connect (change the last letter) ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
9. A pair (add a letter to the beginning and take away 2 letters) ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
10. A type of rug to wipe your feet on- a Welcome __________ (take away the last 2 letters) ____ ____ ____
11. A line from "The Pledge of Allegiance" One ___________ under God... (change the first letter and add 3 letters to the end) ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
12. Time away from school/work (change the first letter and add 2 letters to the middle) ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____