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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?
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
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
