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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
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word riddle

"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? "

if you can help, it wold be greatly appreciated! thanks in advance
  

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I think there are a few solutions to this, here's one....... STARTLING STARTING STARING STRING STING SING SIN IN I

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I think there are a few solutions to this, here's one.......

STARTLING

STARTING

STARING

STRING

STING

SING

SIN

IN

I
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Here's another.

RESTARTED

RESTATED

RESTATE

ESTATE

STATE

SATE

ATE

AT

A
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abridgers
abridges
bridges
ridges
rides
rids
rid
id
I

cleansers
cleanses
cleanse
cleans
clans
cans
can
an
a

pilasters
plasters
pasters
pastes
pates
pate
ate
at
a

roadsters
roasters
rasters
raters
rates
rats
rat
at
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02br
01font00starting02font02br
02br
01font00staring02font02br
02br
01font00string02font02br
02br
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STARTLING

Remove L, Staring
Remove T, Staring
Remove A, String
Remove R, Sting
Remove T, Sing
Remove G, Sin
Remove S, IN
Remove N, I
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The base word is Startling - starting - staring - string - sting - sing - sin - in - I
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STARTLING
- L = STARTING
- T = STARING
- A = STRING
- R = STING
- T = SING
- G = SIN
- S = IN
-N = I
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Startling-starling-staring-string-sting-sing-sin-in-I
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startling-l-starting - t -a string -r sting -t sing -g sin -s in - n = i
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