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staggeringman 16-12-2004 20:31

An English Word!
 
We start off with one 9 letter word and take it down to 1 by removing a single letter,here goes the word is?
STARTLING...

Sparkologist 16-12-2004 21:01

Re: An English Word!
 
I choose to remove the letter 't', thus leaving

STARLING...

fibi 16-12-2004 21:07

Re: An English Word!
 
I removed the lete 'L' which leaves STARING

-pixie 16-12-2004 21:17

Re: An English Word!
 
Remove the "A" to make STRING

Bazf 16-12-2004 22:13

Re: An English Word!
 
Get rid of the r

Sting

ANNE 16-12-2004 22:56

Re: An English Word!
 
I get rid of the t
sing.

Darby 17-12-2004 07:21

Re: An English Word!
 
Remove the G

SIN

I like that word!!

yerself 17-12-2004 08:00

Re: An English Word!
 
Remove the S and you're left with IN

janet 17-12-2004 08:57

Re: An English Word!
 
Remove the N and leave the I

WINGY 17-12-2004 09:02

Re: An English Word!
 
Go on then Janet start another one.

janet 17-12-2004 09:17

Re: An English Word!
 
Next word

CHRISTMAS

carolef 12-02-2006 14:44

Re: An English Word!
 
chartism:)

ossymal 12-02-2006 15:02

Re: An English Word!
 
remove the t and you get: charism

katex 12-02-2006 15:25

Re: An English Word!
 
Remove m and you get chairs, but are you allowed plurals and anagrams Staggers ? :confused: Not sure there is such a word as Charism Osseymal ?
Question Master : Rules please.

ossymal 12-02-2006 15:30

Re: An English Word!
 
charism : of charisma

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=charism

katex 12-02-2006 15:46

Re: An English Word!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ossymal

Yeh, looked in here ... seems like you correct ! Not in Oxford though. A suggestion from ossymal .. cheating already :) that the next word should be chrism ... an oil for anointing in Catholic and Greek churches, now we all knew that, didn't we ? Looks like we got a man of many words here folks. :D

ossymal 12-02-2006 15:53

Re: An English Word!
 
i actually played on the word charisma and checked to see if it was right.. :P

Afterall this game is not about knowledge... its more of a learning experience to 'broaden' your knowledge of words... :P

carolef 12-02-2006 15:55

Re: An English Word!
 
charms:) remove the i

katex 12-02-2006 16:03

Re: An English Word!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ossymal

Afterall this game is not about knowledge... its more of a learning experience to 'broaden' your knowledge of words... :P

Yeh, you right .. learnt two new words today already ... thanks.:)
Well if we following on from charms,good on ya' better be charm then. Still not sure we are playing it correctly though :confused: Not sure want to win either, harder to think of new word that will drop down to 2 letters.

Sara 12-02-2006 17:44

Re: An English Word!
 
charm

Remove the c to make harm

ossymal 12-02-2006 19:20

Re: An English Word!
 
drop the h to make arm....

Tinkerbelle 12-02-2006 19:26

Re: An English Word!
 
Take the r to make am

ossymal 12-02-2006 20:17

Re: An English Word!
 
take the m out of am to make 'a' !

slinky 17-02-2006 01:19

Re: An English Word!
 
Take the A out of arse and you have rse?? am I getting this?? haha

minniemouse 17-02-2006 09:06

Re: An English Word!
 
Next word "equipment"


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