Brain Game: A New Expression

Here's a word ladder puzzle for today's mentalfloss.com Brain Game Wednesday Wordplay challenge. Go for it!

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

F R O W N
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S M I L E