Puzzle 15: James Jones

Can you go from HERE to ETERNITY?
You won!

TRIVIA

"From Here to Eternity" is a novel by American author James Jones, published 1951.

The book was is set in 1941, and focuses on members of a U.S. Army infantry company in Hawaii in the months leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

The story was made into an Academy Award-winning film of the same title in 1953, and has also been the basis for TV series.

The title was inspired indirectly by a line from Rudyard Kipling's poem "Gentleman Rankers":

Gentlemen-rankers out on a spree,
Damned from here to Eternity,
God ha' mercy on such as we.

Wikipedia: From Here to Eternity

HOW TO PLAY

Change the first word to the second word. (e.g. change "HERE" to "ETERNITY")

Each turn must create a valid word.

You start with 100 points. Each turn costs you points.

You can do one of the following on your turn.

Replace a letter (-5 pts)
Add a letter (-10 pts)
Remove a letter (-10 pts)

You can also rearrange the letters by dragging (-1pt).

Good luck!

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