AMAZING ONE WORD RIDDLE. > Never in a million years would I have come up with the answer. > What if this was the only question on the exam paper to pass your English Exam. Would you pass? > What nine letter word in the English language is still a word when eight letters are removed one by one? > Take a few minutes to try and come up with a nine letter word that fits > The bill, then watch the attached video... > Well, just watch the video....because you're never going to figure it out.
AMAZING ONE WORD RIDDLE. > Never in a million years would I have come up with the answer. > What if this was the only question on the exam paper to pass your English Exam. Would you pass? > What nine letter word in the English language is still a word when eight letters are removed one by one? > Take a few minutes to try and come up with a nine letter word that fits > The bill, then watch the attached video... > Well, just watch the video....because you're never going to figure it out.
A bit of Fun.....cheers Bob
Here's one possibility:
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The secret was to work backwards. I found heaps of 8-letter solutions before I found this one.
-- Edited by dorian on Wednesday 25th of November 2020 04:49:31 PM
Don't click on either of the following links if you don't want to see the answer:
https://www.google.com/search?q=What%20nine%20letter%20word%20in%20the%20English%20language%20is%20still%20a%20word%20when%20%C2%A0eight%20letters%20are%20removed%20one%20by%20one%3F
If you want to work it out for yourself, start with a 1-letter word and add letters to it.
There are plenty of other solutions:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nine-letters-puzzle/
-- Edited by dorian on Thursday 26th of November 2020 07:55:13 AM