Brain Game: Fool Wars

But that doesn't stop me from turning it into a Brain Game! By changing one letter at a time to create new words - and leaving all other letters in their original positions - how many steps will it take you to convert the word FOOL into the word WARS? I was able to do it in five steps:

F O O L _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ W A R S

Here is one SOLUTION.

ONE SOLUTION:

FOOL > WOOL > WOOD > WORD > WARD > WARS

Did you find a different solution? Please post it in the comments. Thanks!