One Word Riddle
January 15, 2010 by GradingGirl
Filed under Mini-Lessons, Reading Fun
Here is a brain teaser for you!
What if this was the only question on the exam to pass high school English and earn your diploma. Would you graduate?!?!?!?!? Hmmm . . . let’s see . . .
What nine letter word in the English language is still a word when one of the nine letters is removed one by one?
Take a few minutes to try and come up with a nine-letter word that fits the bill, then scroll down for the answer → → →
HEY, NO PEEKING until you try to come up with the word! 
GIVE UP?!
Okay, here it is! Drum roll please ♦ ♦ ♦
STARTLING
Look at how this word changes from one to the next:
STARTING
STARING
STRING
STING
SING
SIN
IN
I
