Clever Wordplay

[PeteB]

Take a nine letter word, remove a letter and still have a word, remove a letter and have another word etc until you are down to one letter. Anyone know that one?

[Jonesie]

I've just found nineteen different words you can do it with, never heard of it before though.

[Yve_Clark]

Found 29 of them!

 

Ah, the wonder of Google!!

 

Q : What common English verb becomes it's own past tense when you rearrange it's letters?

[PeteB]

Come on the Jonesie, get them written down then!

[Jonesie]

Google is my friend as well.

 

abridgers

abridges

bridges

ridges

rides

rids

rid

id

I

 

cleansers

cleanses

cleanse

cleans

clans

cans

can

an

a

 

pilasters

plasters

pasters

pastes

pates

pate

ate

at

a

 

roadsters

roasters

rasters

raters

rates

rats

rat

at

a

 

shinglers

shingles

singles

singes

sines

sins

sin

in

I

 

sparkling

sparking

sparing

spring

sprig

prig

pig

pi

I

 

restarted

restated

restate

estate

state

sate

sat

at

a

 

splatters

platters

platter

latter

later

late

ate

at

a

 

stampeded

stampede

stamped

tamped

tamed

tame

tam

am

a

 

stampedes

stampede

stamped

tamped

tamed

tame

tam

am

a

 

startling

starling

staring

string

sting

sing

sin

in

I

 

strapping

trapping

rapping

raping

aping

ping

pig

pi

I

 

stringers

stingers

singers

singes

sines

sins

sin

in

I

 

stringier

stingier

stinger

singer

singe

sine

sin

in

I

 

tramplers

trampers

tampers

tamers

tames

tams

tam

am

a

 

trampling

tramping

tamping

taping

aping

ping

pig

pi

I

 

trappings

trapping

rapping

raping

aping

ping

pig

pi

I

 

wrappings

wrapping

rapping

raping

aping

ping

pin

pi

I

 

replanted

replated

related

elated

elate

late

ate

at

a

[PeteB]

Well done that man, go to the top of the class!

[Tommy_B]

Take a nine letter word, remove a letter and still have a word, remove a letter and have another word etc until you are down to one letter. Anyone know that one?

 

I thought I was going to be incredibly clever and say Envelope and then I realised that it's only got 8 letters:blushing:

 

 

I'll go and sit in the corner now....