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?

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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?

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TabbyTom
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Startling
Starting
Staring
String
Sting
Sing
Sin
In
I

Nov 11 2005, 4:56 PM

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pepsicolalector
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pepsicolalector

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Startling will form the following words as letters are removed: startling - starting - staring - string - sting - sing - sin - in - I.

Nov 05 2002, 12:10 PM

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kaka006
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kaka006

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When I mailed this question to one of my friends, she actually found another word, and it is

'Splitting'

splitting
spitting
sitting
siting
sting
ting
tin
in
I

Feb 08 2007, 5:04 AM

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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?

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