Thread: A riddle...
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Old 08-22-2003, 02:29 AM   #324 (permalink)
peacy
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Quote:
Originally posted by Fremen
A new riddle:

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 one letter at a time?
I managed to spend my whole morning on this (and half of my afternoon)...

startling
starting
staring
string
sting
sing
sin
in
I


And here's a new one:
Can you name 3 consecutive days without using Monday, Thursday or Sunday?

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