Nine Letter Word

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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?

I'll post the answer later.

Comments

[princessrydia]

Ooooo ooooo! I know!

YES!!!

[_game_set_match]

i'm surprised! (haha, get it?) nice job!

[i_am_mia]

what is it? the suspense is killing me!