There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word — from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time? There is more than one possible answer, but do not use plural form of nouns.
2006-07-24 07:27:32 · 11 answers · asked by MELISSA B 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
startling
starting
staring
string
sting
sing
sin
in
i
or if u want more....
['cleansers', 'cleanses', 'cleanse', 'cleans', 'leans', 'leas', 'las', 'as', 'a']
['discusses', 'discuses', 'discuss', 'discus', 'discs', 'diss', 'dis', 'is', 'i']
['drownings', 'drowning', 'downing', 'owning', 'owing', 'wing', 'win', 'in', 'i']
['grandeurs', 'grandeur', 'grander', 'grader', 'grade', 'grad', 'rad', 'ad', 'a']
['groupings', 'grouping', 'groping', 'roping', 'oping', 'ping', 'pig', 'pi', 'i']
['paintings', 'painting', 'paining', 'pining', 'piing', 'ping', 'pig', 'pi', 'i']
['piercings', 'piercing', 'piecing', 'pieing', 'piing', 'ping', 'pig', 'pi', 'i']
['prattlers', 'rattlers', 'ratters', 'raters', 'rates', 'rats', 'rat', 'at', 'a']
['prickling', 'pickling', 'picking', 'piking', 'piing', 'ping', 'pig', 'pi', 'i']
['restarted', 'restated', 'restate', 'estate', 'state', 'sate', 'ate', 'at', 'a']
['scrapping', 'crapping', 'rapping', 'raping', 'aping', 'ping', 'pig', 'pi', 'i']
['shoppings', 'shopping', 'hopping', 'hoping', 'oping', 'ping', 'pig', 'pi', 'i']
['sparkling', 'sparking', 'sparing', 'spring', 'sprig', 'prig', 'pig', 'pi', 'i']
['spinnings', 'spinning', 'pinning', 'pining', 'piing', 'ping', 'pig', 'pi', 'i']
['splatters', 'platters', 'latters', 'lattes', 'latte', 'late', 'ate', 'at', 'a']
['splitting', 'slitting', 'sitting', 'siting', 'sting', 'ting', 'tin', 'in', 'i']
['spritzers', 'spritzes', 'sprites', 'spites', 'sites', 'sits', 'its', 'is', 'i']
['stampeded', 'stampede', 'stamped', 'tamped', 'tamed', 'tame', 'tam', 'am', 'a']
['stampedes', 'stampede', 'stamped', 'tamped', 'tamed', 'tame', 'tam', 'am', 'a']
['starlings', 'starling', 'staring', 'string', 'sting', 'ting', 'tin', 'in', 'i']
['startling', 'starling', 'staring', 'string', 'sting', 'ting', 'tin', 'in', 'i']
['strapping', 'trapping', 'rapping', 'raping', 'aping', 'ping', 'pig', 'pi', 'i']
['stringers', 'stingers', 'singers', 'singes', 'sines', 'sins', 'ins', 'is', 'i']
['stringier', 'stingier', 'stinger', 'singer', 'singe', 'sine', 'sin', 'in', 'i']
['switchers', 'switches', 'witches', 'withes', 'withe', 'wite', 'wit', 'it', 'i']
['tramplers', 'trampers', 'tampers', 'tamers', 'tames', 'tams', 'tam', 'am', 'a']
['trampling', 'tramping', 'tamping', 'taping', 'aping', 'ping', 'pig', 'pi', 'i']
['trappings', 'trapping', 'rapping', 'raping', 'aping', 'ping', 'pig', 'pi', 'i']
['wrappings', 'wrapping', 'rapping', 'raping', 'aping', 'ping', 'pig', 'pi', 'i']
2006-07-24 07:32:04 · answer #1 · answered by pointing_out_ppl_hav_missed_pt 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Startling
2006-07-24 14:41:58 · answer #2 · answered by daimond_princess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Startling
2006-07-24 14:41:46 · answer #3 · answered by K.P.S.T. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Startling is the correct answer, the first answer is wrong!
2006-07-24 14:32:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
pointing out has a lot of time on their hands
2006-07-24 14:44:02 · answer #5 · answered by tweetymay 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Startling
Starting
Staring
String
Sting
Sing
Sin
In
I
2006-07-24 14:38:07 · answer #6 · answered by ღbrownsugarღ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think pointing out won
and i soooooo agree with him
2006-07-24 14:36:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
startling
2006-07-24 14:44:51 · answer #8 · answered by Tanisha M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
startling or stringier
2006-07-24 14:30:05 · answer #9 · answered by bombhaus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pointin out rocks. ten points to him and two for me!!!!!!
2006-07-24 14:43:20 · answer #10 · answered by lnhymon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
banana.....banan.....bana....ban...ba....b.......lol i know im wrong but 2 point is 2 points
2006-07-24 14:48:41 · answer #11 · answered by ~♠Hershey♠~ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋