Word Morph

Pink To Blue

PINK

PINT

PENT

PEAT

PLAT

SLAT

SLUT

GLUT

GLUE

BLUE

My wife excels at word problems. (She would do well on Wheel Of Fortune.) My challenge to her was to "word morph" from Pink to Blue. She did it in nine steps. See if you can do it differently and with fewer steps.