What word is still a word, when you take a letter away

Question

I have a word in mind.

This word is eight letters long.

If you wisely choose a letter and take it away, you get a new word with different meaning.

If you repeat this, you get another new word.

At the end, there is one letter left.

What word do I have in mind?

There is a famous riddle like this. – u-ndefined Jun 06 '18 at 10:08 — u-ndefined, Jun 06 '18 at 10:08

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 06 '18 at 10:03

Well I guess the answer is:

Starting

This word is eight letters long.

Starting

If you wisely choose a letter and take it away, you get a new word with different meaning.

Staring after removing t

If you repeat this, you get another new word.

String, Sting , Sing , Sin , in

At the end, there is one letter left.

I

rhsquared · Answer 2 · 2018-06-06T10:49:03.110

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There is a popular example of even a 9-letter word:

STARTLING

remove the L, and the word becomes: STARTING

remove one T, and the word becomes: STARING

remove the A, and the word becomes: STRING

remove the R, and the word becomes: STING

remove the other T, and the word becomes: SING

remove the G, and the word becomes: SIN

remove the S, and the word becomes: IN

remove the N, and the word becomes: I

and because the author asked for 8-letter word, just start from the second line, i.e. STARTING

edited Jun 06 '18 at 10:49

answered Jun 06 '18 at 10:02

rhsquared

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I'm searching the dup... – Saeïdryl Jun 06 '18 at 10:03
The author says that it is an 8-letter word, not a 9-letter word. – u-ndefined Jun 06 '18 at 10:04
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https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/9890/the-most-words-that-can-be-made-by-successively-adding-one-letter-to-the-origina (I failed my flagging, can't flag dup anymore) – Saeïdryl Jun 06 '18 at 10:04
@Saeïdryl More similar words in https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/6691/growing-anagrams-what-is-the-longest-possible-list-forming-a-sentence/6696#6696 – rhsquared Jun 06 '18 at 10:05
@u_ndefined Just skip the first line then. – rhsquared Jun 06 '18 at 10:48

What word is still a word, when you take a letter away

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