Word Ladder

The record for solving today's word ladder is 6 steps (according to http://www.wordchain.com/). However, it is possible to complete the ladder successfully in 3 steps.Here is the game:Transform the word PAST into the word PAIN in as few steps as possible. In order to solve the word ladder, the following moves are valid:you may add letters you may remove lettersyou may replace letters with other lettersyou may anagram, or reverse letters A few final notes. One, there is more than one way to solve this problem successfully. Two, each move that you make is considered a step. So, for example, if you add two letters, then you made two steps. Third, three-step solution (which was found in under 60 seconds) is in the lower, right-hand corner of this blog.Have fun and thank you for playing!