Brain Game: Raking Bad

Autumn is on the horizon, so here's a related word ladder puzzle for today's mentalfloss.com Brain Game Wednesday Wordplay challenge:

By changing one letter in each step to form English words, and leaving all other letters in their original positions, convert LEAF into FALL in the fewest possible steps.

L E A F
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F A L L