There is a common English word that is nine letters long.?

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?

ok here is another one. A man was born in 1955. He's alive and well today at age 33. How is this possible?

Answer 1

Startling???

Answer 2

* 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 to ur other riddle iz--- He was born in the hostpital with the room number 1955.

Answer 3

1) Startling

2) He was born in hospital room number 1955.

Answer 4

welll the only thing i can say for sure is the first letter is either a or i

Answer 5

I is dis diss discs discus discuss discuses discusses

Answer 6

“Startling” take away the “l” is “starting”
“Starting” take away the second “t” is “staring”
“Staring” take away the “a” is “string”
“String” take away the “r” is “sting”
“Sting” take away the “t” is “sing”
“Sing” take away the “g” is “sin”
“Sin” take away the “s” is “in”
“In” take away the “n” is “I”
“I” is the end result

Answer 7

was he born in a leap year ::maybe????

Answer 8

hairspray

Answer 9

GAHHHH I hate these

Answer 10

startling
starting
staring
string
sting
sin
in
I