Can you think of a nine-letter, common English word that remains a proper word each time you remove a letter from it?
Ray
Ray
Dave R":280p2ww0 said:How about this word puzzle?
Name a food in 8 letters. Remove one letter and rearrange the remaning ones to spell a new food name. Remove another letter and rearrange the remaining letters to spell yet another food name.
As a hint, none of the names are pluralized.
devonwoody":1jwlpt15 said:Then of course there is the 9 letter word that spells the same each direction. (cant think what the definition of that kind of word is at the moment, ends in gran?)
PowerTool":3vbmm7g3 said:devonwoody":3vbmm7g3 said:Then of course there is the 9 letter word that spells the same each direction. (cant think what the definition of that kind of word is at the moment, ends in gran?)
Palindrome (gran) :wink:
Andrew
PowerTool":2ze64c9t said:devonwoody":2ze64c9t said:Then of course there is the 9 letter word that spells the same each direction. (cant think what the definition of that kind of word is at the moment, ends in gran?)
Palindrome (gran) :wink:
Andrew
devonwoody":8ibh5erg said:Dave R":8ibh5erg said:How about this word puzzle?
Name a food in 8 letters. Remove one letter and rearrange the remaning ones to spell a new food name. Remove another letter and rearrange the remaining letters to spell yet another food name.
As a hint, none of the names are pluralized.
should be there somewhere
http://www.crfg.org/pubs/fl/commonAC.html
Saintsman":7sgqmpkk said:Nine letter palindrome is 'rotavator'
Paul
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