UC知道各位英语达人拜托帮我做个谜语吧
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老师留的作业，实在做不出来啊~
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?
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?
Cleansers
Cleanser
Cleanse
Cleans
Clans
Clan
Can
An
A
Crewmates
Cremates
Creates
Crates
Crate
Rate
Ate
At
A
Thrillers
Trillers
Tillers
Tilers
Tiers
Ties
Tis
Is
I
Stringier
Stingier
Singer
Singe
Sing
Sin
In
I
STARTLING
starting remove L
staring remove second T
string remove A
sting remove R
sing remove T
sin remove G
in remove S
I remove N
我不太理解这句"话from nine letters right down to a single letter".为什么就要从l开始减起呢？