Startling!
You can take 1 letter out of the 9-letter word startling so that without rearranging letters you will have a real 8-letter word: starling, which is a bird. Continue to remove 1 letter at a time to make new English words until you get down to a 1-letter English word.
Remember: Do not rearrange any of the letters; just remove the letters 1 at a time to create 7 more real words.
Brain Booster – Startling!
December 15, 2006 by msyegge
startling
1.starling
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
letter.____
startling
starling
staring
string
staring
string
sting
sing
sin
in
i
startling
1.starling
2.staring
3.
4.stair
5.star
6.
7.
letter.____
STARLING
STARING
staring
string
sting
sing
sin
in
i
startling
1.starling
2.staring
3.string
4.sting
5.sing
6.sin
7.in
8.i
1.STARING
2.STRING
3.STING
4.SING
5.SIN
6.IN
7.I
starling=staring=string=
Several groups got the right answer and this was a tough one. Great job everyone!
Here’s the correct answer:
1. starling
2. staring
3. string
4. sting
5. sing
6. sin
7. in
8. I
awesome I used it for my class and they loved it