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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Common English Word #95110 02/09/2003 6:26 PM Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 1 Virginia, USA sherry41 stranger sherry41 stranger Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 1 Virginia, USA There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English work-from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original work, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Common English Word sherry41 02/09/2003 6:26 PM Re: Common English Word Alex Williams 02/09/2003 6:56 PM Re: Common English Word wwh 02/09/2003 7:33 PM Re: Common English Word AnnaStrophic 02/09/2003 9:51 PM Re: Common English Word tsuwm 02/09/2003 10:04 PM Re: Common English Word wwh 02/09/2003 10:23 PM Re: Common English Word Faldage 02/09/2003 10:26 PM Re: Common English Word Wordwind 02/09/2003 10:28 PM Re: Common English Word wwh 02/09/2003 10:37 PM Re: Common English Word wwh 02/09/2003 10:53 PM Re: Common English Word Faldage 02/09/2003 11:16 PM Re: Common English Word tsuwm 02/10/2003 4:00 AM Re: Common English Word WhitmanO'Neill 02/10/2003 4:17 AM Re: Common English Word tsuwm 02/10/2003 4:19 AM Re: Common English Word Faldage 02/10/2003 11:31 AM Re: Common English Word WhitmanO'Neill 02/10/2003 1:52 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,373 Members9,209 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 14 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,202 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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