Monday, June 28, 2010

9 letter word -> 1 letter word

What common English word is 9 letters long and each time you remove a letter it still remains an English word, from 9 letters down to one letter, until you reach its last letter?

startling
starting
staring
string
sting
sing
sin
in
I

others are
['cleansers', 'cleanses', 'cleanse', 'cleans', 'leans', 'leas', 'las', 'as', 'a']
['discusses', 'discuses', 'discuss', 'discus', 'discs', 'diss', 'dis', 'is', 'i']
['drownings', 'drowning', 'downing', 'owning', 'owing', 'wing', 'win', 'in', 'i']
['grandeurs', 'grandeur', 'grander', 'grader', 'grade', 'grad', 'rad', 'ad', 'a']
['groupings', 'grouping', 'groping', 'roping', 'oping', 'ping', 'pig', 'pi', 'i']
['paintings', 'painting', 'paining', 'pining', 'piing', 'ping', 'pig', 'pi', 'i']
['piercings', 'piercing', 'piecing', 'pieing', 'piing', 'ping', 'pig', 'pi', 'i']
['prattlers', 'rattlers', 'ratters', 'raters', 'rates', 'rats', 'rat', 'at', 'a']
['prickling', 'pickling', 'picking', 'piking', 'piing', 'ping', 'pig', 'pi', 'i']
['restarted', 'restated', 'restate', 'estate', 'state', 'sate', 'ate', 'at', 'a']
['scrapping', 'crapping', 'rapping', 'raping', 'aping', 'ping', 'pig', 'pi', 'i']
['shoppings', 'shopping', 'hopping', 'hoping', 'oping', 'ping', 'pig', 'pi', 'i']
['sparkling', 'sparking', 'sparing', 'spring', 'sprig', 'prig', 'pig', 'pi', 'i']
['spinnings', 'spinning', 'pinning', 'pining', 'piing', 'ping', 'pig', 'pi', 'i']
['splatters', 'platters', 'latters', 'lattes', 'latte', 'late', 'ate', 'at', 'a']
['splitting', 'slitting', 'sitting', 'siting', 'sting', 'ting', 'tin', 'in', 'i']
['spritzers', 'spritzes', 'sprites', 'spites', 'sites', 'sits', 'its', 'is', 'i']
['stampeded', 'stampede', 'stamped', 'tamped', 'tamed', 'tame', 'tam', 'am', 'a']
['stampedes', 'stampede', 'stamped', 'tamped', 'tamed', 'tame', 'tam', 'am', 'a']
['starlings', 'starling', 'staring', 'string', 'sting', 'ting', 'tin', 'in', 'i']
['strapping', 'trapping', 'rapping', 'raping', 'aping', 'ping', 'pig', 'pi', 'i']
['stringers', 'stingers', 'singers', 'singes', 'sines', 'sins', 'ins', 'is', 'i']
['stringier', 'stingier', 'stinger', 'singer', 'singe', 'sine', 'sin', 'in', 'i']
['switchers', 'switches', 'witches', 'withes', 'withe', 'wite', 'wit', 'it', 'i']
['tramplers', 'trampers', 'tampers', 'tamers', 'tames', 'tams', 'tam', 'am', 'a']
['trampling', 'tramping', 'tamping', 'taping', 'aping', 'ping', 'pig', 'pi', 'i']
['trappings', 'trapping', 'rapping', 'raping', 'aping', 'ping', 'pig', 'pi', 'i']
['wrappings', 'wrapping', 'rapping', 'raping', 'aping', 'ping', 'pig', 'pi', 'i']

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