Words #1

[Djcake]

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?

[PT]

Then I believe that just leaves this one.

hmmm.....

[Stop Laughing]

strangers
stranger
rangers
ranger
range
rang
ran
an
a

Does this work, or do the letters have to be taken off consecutively?

[Djcake]

once the letter is removed it cant be put back

[Stop Laughing]

From stranger to rangers, the only letter lost is the 't', the 's' was moved from one side to the other.

[Djcake]

the letters have to be taken off consecutively they cant be moved around.

[Stop Laughing]

Damn, back to the drawing board then...

[Djcake]

no one else?

[Inkara1]

Don't worry; it sometimes takes months to get a trivia question answered.

[Leslie]

my brain is gonna explode looking at this one. :blank:

[Luis G]

class
lass
ass
as
a

*brain burning and throwing smoke now

[Inkara1]

But "class" is only five letters long.

[MrBishop]

Does it have to be the last letter every time?

If not..I'm amazed,...nay startled, that I didn't get it earlier :D

Startling
starting
staring
string
sting
sing
sin
in
I

[Stop Laughing]

D'oh! I was on the 'string' path too, why didn't I think of that...

[Luis G]

But "class" is only five letters long.

Was the farest I could get, all other combinations I made were 4 letters long.

[Djcake]

Does it have to be the last letter every time?

If not..I'm amazed,...nay startled, that I didn't get it earlier :D

Startling
starting
staring
string
sting
sing
sin
in
I
You got it :D

[Leslie]

nice one, Bish! :headbang: