OK All you English majors give this one a whirl
Nine letter word -Very clever.
Never in 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
Not unless you've seen this before or you're going to look it up on the net I doubt if any one of you can figure this one out.
I gave up after only a few tries LOL
What nine letter word in the English language is still a word
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What nine letter word in the English language is still a word
duc, sequere, aut de via decede
"frapper fort, frapper vite, frappée souvent-- Adm William "Bull" Halsey
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Re: What nine letter word in the English language is still a word
Oh this should be easy. Let's see... reverse engineering...Suzuki Johnny wrote: ↑Sat Jun 17, 2023 5:09 amWhat nine letter word in the English language is still a word when eight letters are removed one by one?
One letter word: gotta be: a
Two letters?: as
Three?: ass
Extrapolate from here: dumbass
The word is Dumbass!
I knew it would be easy 'cause I'm smrt!
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Re: What nine letter word in the English language is still a word
Are the letters removed front to back or back to front or just randomly?
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IIRC,....Randomly
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It seems that would be beyond the ability of a major wordsmith to figure out. Where to begin, even with the aid of a computer? Oh, yeah, other than the prepared answer to the word itself somewhere on the net, where to begin?
I began, at random with the first word that came to mind…Assassins. From there my brain hit an instant freeze.
I began, at random with the first word that came to mind…Assassins. From there my brain hit an instant freeze.
“Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more.
It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury…
Signifying nothing”
Signifying monkey, stay up in your tree. Always lying and signifying, but you better not monkey with me.
It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury…
Signifying nothing”
Signifying monkey, stay up in your tree. Always lying and signifying, but you better not monkey with me.
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Re: What nine letter word in the English language is still a word
duc, sequere, aut de via decede
"frapper fort, frapper vite, frappée souvent-- Adm William "Bull" Halsey
“We’re not going to just shoot the sons-of-bitches, we’re going to rip out their living Goddamned guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks.”--Gen George Patton
"Our Liberty is insured by four "Boxes", the Ballot box, the Jury box, the Soap box and the Cartridge box"
"frapper fort, frapper vite, frappée souvent-- Adm William "Bull" Halsey
“We’re not going to just shoot the sons-of-bitches, we’re going to rip out their living Goddamned guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks.”--Gen George Patton
"Our Liberty is insured by four "Boxes", the Ballot box, the Jury box, the Soap box and the Cartridge box"