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riddle-what 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. take another letter away and it still makes a word. keep on doing that until you have one letter left. what is the word?

Starting  

starting, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in, I.

Beast best bet be

Fillet filet file

Danger anger ager age ag a

Derived derive drive dive die

Breadths breaths breat

Startlings

Startling

Starling

Staring

String

Sting

Sing

Sin

In

I

i cheated

Explanation:

the pronoun reference replaces a noun, but you have to make sure there's no room for confusion.

in the first sentence "her" could be referring to shely or to the sister. the answer there is "shelly called her sister and told her about the new baby."

in the second sentence "it" could be referring to the roof or the floor. the answer there is "since the roof leaks on the family room floor, we need to repair the roof."