Newsletter Quiz Answer

In the July 18, 2007 issue of The Key, we asked:

What common 9-letter English word allows you to remove each letter and, as each letter is removed, the remaining letters form a new common English word?

The word is STARTLING.

• Remove the L and you get STARTING.
  
• Remove the T and you get STARING.
  
• Remove the A and you get STRING.
  
• Remove the R and you get STING.
  
• Remove the T and you get SING.
  
• Remove the G and you get SIN.
  
• Remove the S and you get IN.
  
• Remove the N and you get I.
  

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