Thread: Another one - English word

Figure this one out:

What common English word is 9 letters long, and each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word....from 9 letters all the way to a single remaining letter ?

envelope
I got it! I got it!

envelope
I got it! I got it!

Nope that is 8 letters not nine : (

envelopeS

but e is not a word?????? a is a word so to speak then an then and then ands or andy
i think this is what he meant

I'm so confused!!! It could be a literal riddle that takes a whole word, extracts a letter and still remains a word OR it could be nonliteral... like envelopes. No matter how many letters you take out of the envelopes they are still envelopes.

Bill.... where are you... we need an answer!

I think allstars is on the right track Dori, lol .... and so is I allstars ..... (ps I'll be up for a visit soon, stay up, lol)

hang us out for a bit longer Bill ... just gonna start figuring this one out now .... I was busy dreaming of "spools" all night, lol .....

hmmmmmmmm .... word play .... royb might be good at this ......

Startling

final answer ......... :)

Originally Posted by LadyEye

Startling -final answer ......... :)

You're good !

1. Startling remove L
2. Starting remove T
3. Staring remove A
4. String remove R
5. Sting remove T
6. Sing remove G
7. Sin remove S
8. In remove N
9. I

Originally Posted by bill2006

You're good !

1. Startling remove L
2. Starting remove T
3. Staring remove A
4. String remove R
5. Sting remove T
6. Sing remove G
7. Sin remove S
8. In remove N
9. I

Very well done Bill......that is good......lol

dag nabbit.... I thought I was being so swift with envelopes!
oh well.. never have been any good at riddles.

Methinks LadyEye has too much time on her hands, being snowed in and all.......


Bill always comes up with good ones!

Bill 2006:

Very good, but do you now the longest word in the english language?

SMILES there's a mile between the S's

There are several longest English words - do you want the one that never repeats a letter twice?

However, if you just want the word that is considered the longest:

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

I'm sure there are others considered the longest by other sources.

and it means??

LIZ:

I think we'll need an unabridged dictionary for that one.

Liz:

I think we'll need an unabridged dictionary for that one.

It actually refers to a lung disease that is caused by volcanic ash. :)

Bethers:

I'll throw that one on my kids who live in the Mt St. Hellens area.
Thank you. I don't own an unabridged dictionary, nor could I lift one anymore.

I hope you copy and paste it - I had to go look it up - and then type the dang thing letter by letter LOLOL

Originally Posted by Bethers

There are several longest English words - do you want the one that never repeats a letter twice?

However, if you just want the word that is considered the longest:

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

I'm sure there are others considered the longest by other sources.

That'd be the one Bethers .... and to think I used to be able to recite and spell that all on my own, lol .... during the ten or so years I worked in Dentistry it was our "coffee lounge" joke of the day on more than one occassion ..... lol ...... and we also knew it backwards ... imagine that now ...

Originally Posted by Bethers

I hope you copy and paste it - I had to go look it up - and then type the dang thing letter by letter LOLOL

Bethers:

Did it come up on spell check? LOL