Brain Game: From a Jack to a King

Today's mentalfloss.com Brain Game Wednesday Wordplay challenge is a Word Ladder puzzle named after an old Ned Miller song. Good luck!

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

J A C K
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K I N G