Anonymous  +  149357 Wed, 19 Oct 05 07:17 AM "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 Anonymous

	Eargasms  +  149570 Wed, 19 Oct 05 09:53 PM I think there are a few solutions to this, here's one....... STARTLING STARTING STARING STRING STING SING SIN IN I Eargasms Joined on Sun, Feb 13 2005 Full Member 424

	asdf_user  +  475230 Sun, 10 Feb 08 02:09 PM 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 asdf_user Joined on Thu, Jan 6 2005 Junior Member 74 The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.