Brain Game: Chop Chop

Knock on today's mentalfloss.com Brain Game Wednesday Wordplay challenge:

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

T R E E
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W O O D