can you help me with this riddle?

Philippines
December 26, 2007 2:30am CST
Hi there! could you help me with this? i could really use your brainpower. I know there are suggestions about what word can this be. But the suggestions are limited to words whose letters could be taken out at random. I believe that for this one, the letters should be taken out one after the other. so the word, should either start or end with either "a" or "i". can you help? thanks so much! Grab a Dictionary There is an English word that is nine letters long, and every time a letter is removed it remains a word. Even the last letter is a word. To get to the next riddle, please type in the word in the box below.
1 response
• Philippines
26 Dec 07
the word is startling. Startling: -L = starting -T = staring -A = string -R = sting -T = sing -G = sin -S = in -N = I :D startling!
• Philippines
26 Dec 07
oh sorry. i forgot, the word should start or end with a or i _
• Philippines
27 Dec 07
yeah, i tried that, didn't work. thanks anyway.:-)