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The Amazing Shrinking Word (Posted on 2003-08-19)

There is a common English word that is nine letters long.

Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter.

What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?

See The Solution Submitted by zineera

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Subject	Author	Date
How to proceed	Danish Ahmed Khan	2012-10-28 03:43:57
Answer	Math Man	2011-06-25 23:05:07
solution	K Sengupta	2007-03-05 04:06:15
solution	Gert	2003-08-23 06:44:40
re(3): Solution	Becky	2003-08-20 08:17:34
re: computer search	DuCk	2003-08-19 12:18:36
re(2): Solution	DuCk	2003-08-19 12:16:01
re(2): computer search-- the program	Charlie	2003-08-19 09:07:50
re: computer search-- the program	Charlie	2003-08-19 09:05:00
computer search	Charlie	2003-08-19 08:59:50
re: Solution	Becky	2003-08-19 08:22:33
Solution	DuCk	2003-08-19 07:30:18

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