Brain Game: On the Wall

Here's a new word ladder for today's mentalfloss.com Brain Game Wednesday Wordplay challenge. Good luck!

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

H A N G
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N A I L