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 on letter at a time?

note. this one is hella hard, good luck!

BUDWEISER

if that is really what i think it is, break it down.

how in the HELLLLLL are we supposed to guess that?

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~Jim

www.GlamisRider.com
For the "GlamisRider"

****! its 8 letters....


let me give u guys a hint...

********, *******, string, *****, ****, ***,**, I


cant beleave i said nine, whatever

Its it like this???

Roasting
Storing
String
Grins
Ring
Gin
In
I

It could be nine...

Roastings

[This message has been edited by Sanduners (edited 01-14-2002).]

AHHHHHHHH!
AHHHHHHH
AHHHHHH
AHHHHH
AHHHH
AHHH
AHH
AH
A

If that ain't it F-it.
I don't Know.
I don't want to know
Won't ever know
Don't care if I Know
Don't care if you care that I know

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Bummer all I found by cheating with Google was a 7 lettter word (that the website I found it on claimed was 8 letters).

LAME or is it?

Cheating
Heating
Eating
Tagin
Ting
Gin
In
I

la la la I've got nothing to do I guess.

What is "Tagin" just wonder'n.

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Even the best rock is RED... www.RedElvises.com

Well I found this site:
http://www.sarangworld.com/WORDMORPH/

Which does the hard part for you.

Hmmm...wonder if I could whip up a script to submit all 9 letter words and.....

Man I was really tagin that girl last night

hahahahah

quote:

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Originally posted by OnceJonRyder:
What is "Tagin" just wonder'n.

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i have started 'working it backwards' and i'm getting somewhere but I'm on lunch and gotta go back to work!!! someone try it from the i, in/is/it, tin/sin, etc until you get to string then beyond!!

motoman, i like your riddle, wish i had more time to play around with it

is it Stirring?

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~Jim

www.GlamisRider.com
For the "GlamisRider"

julie's version:

cresting---(dunes!)
resting----(after dunes!)
string-----(of quads on dunes!)
sting------(falling off dunes!)
sing-------(around campfire)
sin--------(after campfire??)
in---------(love with dunes!)
I----------(wanna ride dunes!)


[This message has been edited by dunechick (edited 01-16-2002).]

are we allowed to rearrange letters??

really only got to seven if not:

1)stringy
2)string
3)sting
4)sing
5)sin
6)in
7)i

why am i doing this silly thing?

okay, i spent time working on this stupid thing....

Motoman, where are you with the answer??!!

oops! i forgot about this one hehe

here is the answer:

starting - staring - string - sting - sing - sin - in - i

but! i just found this out.... there is something u can add on to this to make it nine letters long... and that would be "startling" but i was only looking for the 8 i listed... u see there isnt really a right answer cause there probably is an other word that u can do this to.