Pages

▼

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:

  1. Ghina Al-BadawiOctober 31, 2009 at 9:16 PM

    startling

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

    :)

    ReplyDelete
  2. amine daoukOctober 31, 2009 at 11:01 PM

    you are STARTLING for sure

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

    ReplyDelete
  3. Rami EzzeddineNovember 2, 2009 at 9:04 AM

    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

    ReplyDelete
  4. Rabih KhalilNovember 4, 2009 at 8:58 AM

    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

    ReplyDelete
  5. Rana SabbidineNovember 5, 2009 at 3:11 PM

    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

    ReplyDelete
  6. Rana SabbidineNovember 5, 2009 at 3:15 PM

    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.

    ReplyDelete
  7. amine daoukNovember 5, 2009 at 9:23 PM

    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

    ReplyDelete
  8. Ghina Al-BadawiNovember 6, 2009 at 3:03 PM

    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

    ReplyDelete
  9. UnknownNovember 10, 2009 at 2:58 PM

    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!!!

    ReplyDelete
  10. Rana SabbidineNovember 10, 2009 at 4:15 PM

    Dear Rima,

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

    ReplyDelete