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?
2006-08-25 14:44:45 · 10 answers · asked by greenrose09 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
The word is startling
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
2006-08-25 14:48:51 · answer #1 · answered by Erica 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Startling
starting
staring
string
sting
sing
sin
in
I
2006-08-25 14:49:12 · answer #2 · answered by Shelley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Startling
starting
staring
string
sting
sing
sin
in
i
2006-08-25 14:49:11 · answer #3 · answered by Katie Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Startling
starting
staring
string
sting
sing
sin
in
I
the word orange is like this too...
orange
range
rang
ran
an
a
2006-08-25 14:51:40 · answer #4 · answered by XxLeaHxX 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
startling.
1.-starting.
2.-staring.
3.-string.
4.-sting.
5.-sing.
6.-sin.
7.-in.
8.-I.
2006-08-25 15:04:15 · answer #5 · answered by Ivan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
really difficult one
2006-08-25 15:47:16 · answer #6 · answered by stone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
startling?!
2006-08-25 17:10:10 · answer #7 · answered by agent_starfire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
startling.
starting.
staring.
string.
sting.
sing.
sin.
in.
i.
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2006-08-25 14:51:00 · answer #8 · answered by softball002 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
startling....
2006-08-25 15:02:50 · answer #9 · answered by hulio g 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oooo..... that's a good riddle. Thanks :)
2006-08-25 15:04:26 · answer #10 · answered by ☼Grace☼ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋