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The Incredible Shrinking Word (Posted on 2007-04-16)

Consider the word 'cheat'. Removing letters one at a time will leave a sequence of words, all the way down to one letter:

cheat
heat
hat
at
a

What is the longest word with this property?

Submitted by Brian Smith

Rating: 4.0000 (1 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

Penny found the word 'abranchiates' here (12 letters).

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Thoughts	K Sengupta	2023-03-13 22:53:19
Not so long, but with a different end	Dej Mar	2007-04-18 19:32:30
Slightly longer word	Penny	2007-04-18 17:29:12
more	Charlie	2007-04-16 15:40:04
Puzzle Solution	K Sengupta	2007-04-16 14:56:19

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