30 Aug 03
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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?
Also, This one's a tuffy! There is a common English word that is seven letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains a common English word - from seven letters right on down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing a letter at a time?
Two different words. 😀
30 Aug 03
Originally posted by Cheshire CatI assume you aren't allowed to change the position of the letters?
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?
Also, This one's a tuffy! There is a common English word that is s ...[text shortened]... what are the words that it becomes after removing a letter at a time?
Two different words. 😀
31 Aug 03
Originally posted by AcolyteVery good answers....Tha one I have is:
Here's another 3 7-letter words:
friends
fiends
fiend
find
fin
in
I
singers
singer
singe
sing
sin
in
I
strands
strand
stand
sand
and
an
a
I still can't think of the 9-letter word though.
snowing
sowing
swing
sing
sin
in
I
The nine letter answer will be posted in a few days if no one gets. it. 😀
