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watchgeek · 26 March 2009, 01:38 PM

what common english word is 9 letters long and each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an english word ... from 9 letters all the way down to a single remaining letter?

The word is :

STARTLING

remove the 'L'

and you get

STARTING

remove the 'T'

and you get

STARING

remove the 'A'

you get
STRING

now the 'R'

to get
STING

the 'T'
SING

the 'G'

SIN

the 'S'

IN

then the 'N'

I

pretty cool eh?

astcell · 26 March 2009, 03:37 PM

Nice! Here is one for you....

What common 9 letter word only has one vowel?

hflee55 · 26 March 2009, 03:40 PM

nice!

onkyo · 26 March 2009, 04:43 PM

drussellwilks · 26 March 2009, 06:37 PM

strengths?

Lion · 26 March 2009, 11:50 PM

Very good!!!

JF23 · 27 March 2009, 12:01 AM

Neat

Latrodectus · 27 March 2009, 09:54 AM

great!!!

Flaxmoore · 27 March 2009, 10:01 AM

Using standard typing techniques (i.e. letters for a given hand), what is the longest word typeable with the left hand only?

coddger · 27 March 2009, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flaxmoore

Using standard typing techniques (i.e. letters for a given hand), what is the longest word typeable with the left hand only?

stewardesses, reverberated and desegregated?

coddger · 27 March 2009, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coddger

stewardesses, reverberated and desegregated?

Just realized they are all 12 letters long

Flaxmoore · 28 March 2009, 03:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coddger

Just realized they are all 12 letters long

Awesome Scrabble words they are, and right you are.

Speaking of Scrabble, what are the legal words that use Q, but no U?

drussellwilks · 6 April 2009, 10:16 PM

I only know a couple QI and QAT

drussellwilks · 6 April 2009, 10:17 PM

You can have SUQ too, but obviously that has a U but before the Q

coddger · 6 April 2009, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drussellwilks

I only know a couple QI and QAT

Here's a few more: Qwerty, Qintar,Qanat,TranQ and SheQel

How about RolexQ?

Flaxmoore · 7 April 2009, 02:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coddger

Here's a few more: Qwerty, Qintar,Qanat,TranQ and SheQel

How about RolexQ?

Faqir, sheqalim, faqirs, all superb words when you have that bloody Q and no U!

26 March 2009, 01:38 PM	#1
watchgeek Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 559	one word riddle ... what common english word is 9 letters long and each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an english word ... from 9 letters all the way down to a single remaining letter? The word is : STARTLING remove the 'L' and you get STARTING remove the 'T' and you get STARING remove the 'A' you get STRING now the 'R' to get STING the 'T' SING the 'G' SIN the 'S' IN then the 'N' I pretty cool eh?

26 March 2009, 03:37 PM	#2
astcell "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Real Name: Robert Location: Angelus Oaks, CA Watch: 116713 Posts: 6,828	Nice! Here is one for you.... What common 9 letter word only has one vowel? __________________ SS GMTII "D", TT GMTIIc "Z"

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Flaxmoore Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Real Name: Casey Location: Toledo, Ohio Watch: Alpha Milsub Posts: 704	Using standard typing techniques (i.e. letters for a given hand), what is the longest word typeable with the left hand only?

6 April 2009, 10:16 PM	#13
drussellwilks "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Northampton, UK Posts: 20	I only know a couple QI and QAT

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drussellwilks "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Northampton, UK Posts: 20	You can have SUQ too, but obviously that has a U but before the Q

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