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There are several common English words that are nine letters long. Each time you remove a single letter from them, they still remain English words - from nine letters down to a single letter. What are the words, and what words do they become after removing a single letter at a time?

The first word is "Startling"

• Remove the "l" and the word becomes "Starting"
• Remove the "t" and the word becomes "Staring"
• Remove the "a" and the word becomes "String"
• Remove the "r" and the word becomes "Sting"
• Remove the "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"

Another word is "Stringier" or "Splitting"

Other words include:

Cleansers

Splatters

Drownings

Wrappings

Starvings

Trappings

Although these words are disputed because they are in plural form and some feel that this isn't the way the puzzle should be.