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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?

2006-08-06 19:00:10 · 3 answers · asked by sag 1 in Entertainment & Music Jokes & Riddles

3 answers

startling
remove the l, and the word becomes: starting
remove one t, and the word becomes: staring
remove the a, and the word becomes: string
remove the r, and the word becomes: sting
remove the other t, and the word becomes: sing
remove the g, and the word becomes: sin
remove the s, and the word becomes: in
remove the n, and the word becomes: I

stringier
remove one r, and the word becomes: stingier
remove one i, and the word becomes: stinger
remove the t, and the word becomes: singer
remove the other r, and the word becomes: singe
remove the g, and the word becomes: sine
remove the e, and the word becomes: sin
remove the s, and the word becomes: in
remove the n, and the word becomes: I

also:
cleansers
splatters
drownings
wrappings
starvings
trappings

2006-08-06 19:11:27 · answer #1 · answered by Sky 3 · 0 0

startling

2006-08-06 21:23:11 · answer #2 · answered by LiTlE mIsSy 6 · 0 0

i'm chinese.. sory. i dont kno muj engleesh wods

2006-08-06 20:03:38 · answer #3 · answered by atticus 3 · 0 0

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