Word ladder madness

My on-line Mensa calendar has done it again. I wonder if the calendar's creators are really this inattentive/stupid, or if they do this on purpose to make the end user feel smart and empowered? Hey, look, I found another error on this so-called genius test.

Make your way from TALL to MINI in only six steps, changing one letter at a time to make a good English word at each step.

TALL
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M I N I

( Their painful answer, and one of my own quick solution behind the cut. )

hot

It is a little on the warm side in our computer room this evening.