infamous Posted June 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 but still the one I am not looking for.. the answer I was looking for can be found below by high-lightinglaughter/slaughterGood one Jay-qu.............next: 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 orginal word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteNow Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain in the world? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neomis Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain in the world? Mt. Everest of course. Unless you include the landmass that extends underwater. In which case the answer is Mauna Kea of Hawaii. :shrug: 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 orginal word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time? Hmmmm...don't know.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteNow Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Mt. Everest of course. Unless you include the landmass that extends underwater. In which case the answer is Mauna Kea of Hawaii. :)That's right Neomis. Mt. Everest was the tallest mountain in the world, even before we discovered it! :shrug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteNow Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 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 orginal word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?How about a hint? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infamous Posted June 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 How about a hint? :)The original 9 letter word starts with an S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay-qu Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 working backwards I can tell you it must have an I or an A because they are the only 1letter words I can think of - 2 letter words with I and A are: at, it, is, as, an am Im (ah?) probably more.. then once you go to 3 letters it balloons out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteNow Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 working backwards I can tell you it must have an I or an A because they are the only 1letter words I can think of - 2 letter words with I and A are: at, it, is, as, an am Im (ah?) probably more.. then once you go to 3 letters it balloons out.I find myself at the same wall with this one Jay-qu... I or A as the final... S as the first letter in the 9 group. Infy:I'm guessing ANY letter can be removed, not just the front or back, but also anywhere in the middle? This one is Boggling... :beer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infamous Posted June 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 I find myself at the same wall with this one Jay-qu... I or A as the final... S as the first letter in the 9 group. Infy:I'm guessing ANY letter can be removed, not just the front or back, but also anywhere in the middle? This one is Boggling... :)Right your are Infy2, any letter and not in any particular order. Another hint: The letter S remains in all but the last two words. Good luck..........................Infy1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay-qu Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 and tell me, are proper nouns not included? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infamous Posted June 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 and tell me, are proper nouns not included?No proper nouns necessary to the riddle................Infy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay-qu Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 1. I or A 2. It or Im or In or Am or At or An (m, n, t) 3. sit or sim or sin or mas or sat or san 4. **** or sith or silt or slim or or skin or mask or mass or mast or sate or skat or sand or slam or slan 5. smile or snail or males 6. and I cant think right now.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infamous Posted June 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 4. **** No slang words necessary to the riddle..................Infy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infamous Posted June 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 Before I take off on my planned vacation, I thought it only fair to reveal the solution to my last riddle; Startling, starting, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in, and I Didn't want anyone to burnout trying to solve this one................Infy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteNow Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 Quite a good one, Infy. I've found myself stumped for multiple days now. We look forward to your healthy return. I hope the trip goes well. :phones: Cheers. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay-qu Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 thats a really good one infy, where did you get that from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infamous Posted June 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 thats a really good one infy, where did you get that from?Can't tell, it's a secret...............just think of it as my private stash....................Infy Turtle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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