Another one would be

splatters
platters
patters
patter
pater
pate
ate
at
a

(which can be done more than one way)

Not to mention:

islanders
slanders
slander
lander
lader
lade
lad
la
a

...or then again

slatterns
slatters
slatter
latter
later
late
ate
at
a

and...

splitters
spitters
spiters
siters
sites
site
sit
it
I

Last edited by The Pook; 02/27/08 07:17 AM.