For Genius Perons

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?

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Answer #1

the word is startling I heard this one years ago

Answer #2

STARTLING

STARTING

STARING

STRING

STING

SING

SIN

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