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Rusty
March 15, 2009, 12:01 AM
Here's a little puzzle (un rompecabezas).

Removing the correct letter from the common English word below will reveal yet another common English word (letters remain in the same order).
Repeat the process until a one-letter English word remains.

Good luck!


S T A R T L I N G


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(The letter to be removed each time is not underscored.)

S T A R T L I N G
S T A R T I N G
S T A R I N G
S T R I N G
S T I N G
S I N G
S I N
I N
I

Tomisimo
March 15, 2009, 01:39 AM
Hmmm, this is harder than I thought it would be. :)

chileno
March 15, 2009, 06:54 AM
I thought it was like this:

Startling. Starting. Star. Sling. Sing. I. :-)

CrOtALiTo
March 15, 2009, 11:00 AM
I'm not sure but as even I'm not expert at the English. I can't do much about it.

Only I could to see the words ING, START. And the last name of ying (Ling).

JIJIJIJ it were just a joke.

Jessica
March 15, 2009, 01:51 PM
yeah, it's harder than I thought. took a while for me do solve it.

Tomisimo
March 16, 2009, 01:05 AM
I havn't looked at the answer, but one solution might be:

startling
starting
staring
taring
a ring (if more than one word is allowed)
ring
rin (this seems to be in (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rin) the Merriam Webster unabridged, it's also a Spanish word)
in
I
:)

Edit: I just looked at Rusty's solution and it's much nicer than mine. :)

Zwarte Piet
March 22, 2009, 08:46 AM
S T A R T L I N G>>>>>Starting>>>>>>>stating>>>>>>>sating>>>>>>>>satin>>>>>>>sati>>>>>>sat>>>>>>at>>>>>>a

Jessica
March 22, 2009, 10:38 AM
S T A R T L I N G>>>>>Starting>>>>>>>stating>>>>>>>sating>>>>>>>>satin>>>>>>>sati>>>>>>sat>>>>>>at>>>>>>a

That's another way? but some of the words aren't familiar