Oct 31, 2009

Solve the Riddle and Win the ERC Prize

What nine letter word in the English language is still a word when any of one of the nine letters is removed one by one?

Write your comments... The first one who would guess the riddle, will win a prize from ERC!!!

Goooooo...

10 comments:

Ghina Al-Badawi said...

startling

so what's the prize,Rana?????

:)

amine daouk said...

you are STARTLING for sure

and I am sure the prize is therein... a STAR ....

Rami Ezzeddine said...

1. restarted
restated
restate
estate
state
sate
ate
at
a

2. cleansers
cleanses
cleanse
cleans
clans
cans
can
an
a

3. replanted
replated
related
elated
elate
late
ate
at
a

Rabih Khalil said...

Rabih Khalil
Omar School

Stringier
remove one r and the word becomes: Stingier
remove one i and the word becomes: Stinger
remove the t and the word becomes: Singer
remove the other r and the word becomes: singe
remove the g and the word becomes: sine
remove the e and the word becomes: sin
remove the s and the word becomes: in
remove the n and the word becomes: I

I love you all and i dont want any prize if you wanna know Why visit this link :) there is more words Bye.

http://www.snopes.com/language/puzzlers/9letters.asp

Rana Sabbidine said...

CONGRATULATIONS Ghina!!!!!
As Mr. President said it is STARTLING. Good START and you will get the... STAR... soon.

STARTLING
STARTING
STARING
STRING
STING
SING
SIN
IN
I

Rana Sabbidine said...

Thank you Rami and Rabih for your answers.

Rabih, I like the site that you have posted. I would add it to our websites list in the blog.

Hope in further competitions you'll be the winners.

amine daouk said...

Hi Rana

It looks like you have uncovered our researchers and ardent language addicts.

and here you thought there was only ONE word that can be dismembered down to one letter

Blog and Learn
heheheeh
Amine

Ghina Al-Badawi said...

Dear Rana
No gift could give more joy than the gift of a smile...and i got two...one from sweet Rana and the other from dearest president...This is the greatest gift.Thank You
keep blogging
Ghina

Unknown said...

Hello,

It is not "starlling" my dear Mrs.Ghina Al-Badawi that you won this riddle .Iam waiting for the nextone ,maybe this time it would be "starlling"for me to win!!!

Rana Sabbidine said...

Dear Rima,

There is a new posted one. Read it and try to give a correct answer.
good Luck

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