SOLUTIONS TO ONE WORD PUZZLES - April 2002
 1 WORD #1 FATSO |
 1 WORD #2 CATNAPPING |
 1 WORD #3 EVERGREEN |
 1 WORD #4 GOOSEBUMPS |
 1 WORD #5 CROSSWORDS |
 1 WORD #6 BUFFALOW |
 1 WORD #7 BOOKENDS |
 1 WORD #8 KEYRINGS |
 1 WORD #9 SLEEPWALKING |
The answer to the puzzle
'There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?' is
STARTLING
and all the words obtained after removing one letter at a time are
STARTING-STARING-STRING-STING-SING-SIN-IN and I