Goal: Testing AI with word “ladder” games.

Challenge:
Find the shortest path to change the word WHITE to BLACK.

Game Rules:
Change one letter at a time and using valid words, only.

Results:
I found two different ways of overcoming the challenge using 8 words:

WHITE–WRITE–TRITE–TRICE–TRICK–BRICK–BRACK–BLACK

WHITE–WRITE–TRITE–TRICE–TRICK–TRACK–BRACK–BLACK

Edit: And here is one with 7 words!

WHITE–SHITE–SLITE–SLICE–SLICK–SLACK–BLACK

I tried with Google Gemini and it gave me a few incorrect answers and a correct one, but using 9 words. Other ways to do it? Let me know.