Brain Teaser

PDSAjax

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What common English word is 9 letters long, and each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains and English word... from 9 letters all the way down to a single remaining letter...
 
asn said:
starting --> staring --> string --> sting --> sing --> sin --> in --> I
Thats only 8 letters, thought he said 9?

startling
Starting
Staring
String
Sting
Sing
Sin
In
I

Splitting
spitting
sitting
siting
sting
ting
tin
in
I

stringier
cleansers
splatters
drownings
wrappings
starvings
trappings