What nine letter word in the English language is still a word

[Suzuki Johnny]

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

[Designer]

Startling?

[Cuban]

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

Oh this should be easy. Let's see... reverse engineering...

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!

[MattSunn]

Are the letters removed front to back or back to front or just randomly?

[Designer]

Are the letters removed front to back or back to front or just randomly?

IIRC,....Randomly

[RoadKing]

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.

[Designer]

Are the letters removed front to back or back to front or just randomly?

IIRC,....Randomly

Here's how;

[Suzuki Johnny]

https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-finde ... ter-words/