a tough RIDDLE!!! *DIFFICULTY HARD*?

Question

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?

GOOD LUCK ;)

FIRST CORRECT ANSWERER GETS 10 POINTS IN 12HRS gl

if noone solves it , i guess ill jus let the first answerer win

srowning mer you won 10 points tomorrow congrats!!

as a matter of fact ghetto girl won it... u duidnt read the top i sed list all the words.... ghetto girl you get 10 points!

Answer 1

S T A R T L I N G - L =
S T A R T I N G - T =
S T A R I N G - A =
S T R I N G - R =
S T I N G - T =
S I N G - G =
S I N - S =
I N - N =
I

Answer 2

lets get real.. anyone who knows this already knew it from the start. nobody will just solve that. you would have to go through every 9 letter word in the enlish language. its not really a riddle its more like a cruel assignment.

Answer 3

Startling (it means o cause to make a quick involuntary movement or start and to alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly)
starting - staring - string - sting - sing - sin - in - I
I'm the man!

Wow...I got beat big time...I wonder if everyone else googled it too :)

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

hmmmm, but there is another riddle similar to this. a 7 letter word with 10 words in it. all the letters of the words found inside touch each other.

i'll tell you the answer to mine if you tell me the answer to yours...;)

Answer 6

Yep. Startling to I.

Answer 7

startling
starting
staring
string
sting
sing
sin
in
I

Answer 8

I want a cookie for this

Answer 9

starting

Answer 10

startling