TheGoodGuy
25th April 2010, 02:23
What you have to do is....
....find a 9-letter English word where it is possible to sequentially remove a single letter to form an 8-letter word, then a 7-letter word, then a 6-letter word .... right down to a single-letter word.
All the words formed along the way must be English and dictionary listed - (none of which are obscure)
The letter removed at each stage, can come from anywhere within the word.
Clue:
Try starting with a word containing some of the most commonly used letters and then seeing if you can add letters to it and take them away to keep forming new words.
Sounds obvious, I know, and you might suddenly find the solution is staring you in the face.
....find a 9-letter English word where it is possible to sequentially remove a single letter to form an 8-letter word, then a 7-letter word, then a 6-letter word .... right down to a single-letter word.
All the words formed along the way must be English and dictionary listed - (none of which are obscure)
The letter removed at each stage, can come from anywhere within the word.
Clue:
Try starting with a word containing some of the most commonly used letters and then seeing if you can add letters to it and take them away to keep forming new words.
Sounds obvious, I know, and you might suddenly find the solution is staring you in the face.