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What English word is nine letters long, and can remain an English word at each step as you remove one letter at a time, right down to a single letter. List the letter you remove each time and the words that result at each step.
Solution:
The word is “startling.” Remove the “l” and it becomes starting. Then remove the “t” and it is staring. The rest of the changes are as follows: string – sting – sing – sin – in – and finally, I.