Twisters Fact Of The Day and Riddle Thread !

[Twisteruk]

Next Riddle !



What English word is nine letters long, and can remain an English word at each step as you remove one letter at a time, right down to a single letter. List the letter you remove each time and the words that result at each step.

I will leave this one running overnight (for me) and if no one cracks it I will reveal the answer in the morning 

[A3on]

Excellent Mikeo !

Its the correct answer 

Can you please explain the logic?

[Mikeo]

Can you please explain the logic?

I guess I should have explained it when I answered.

The sequence is the first letter of the numbers from one to ten.

   o t t f f s s _ _ _

So the last 3 are:

(E)ight
(N)ine
(T)en

[A3on]

I see..

Thank you Mikeo
And good thinking !

Afonso

[furple]

Next Riddle !



What English word is nine letters long, and can remain an English word at each step as you remove one letter at a time, right down to a single letter. List the letter you remove each time and the words that result at each step.

Startling
-l starting
-t staring
-a string
-r sting
-t sing
-g sin
-s in
-n i

[Mikeo]

Startling
-l starting
-t staring
-a string
-r sting
-t sing
-g sin
-s in
-n i

That's tough to find. I'll bet there must be others too.

[furple]

Splatters

-s splatter         
-s platter
-p latter
-t later
-r late
-l ate
-e at
-t a



Splitting

-l spitting
-p sitting
-t siting
-i sting
-s ting
-g tin
-t in
-n I

and probably many more

[Bazeegar]

"H A B I T" is a difficult thing to try to lose
If you drop "H", you have "A BIT"
If you drop "A", you still have a "BIT"
And if you drop "B", you still stick with "IT" !!!

[ThomasGrant]

I guess I should have explained it when I answered.

The sequence is the first letter of the numbers from one to ten.

   o t t f f s s _ _ _

So the last 3 are:

(E)ight
(N)ine
(T)en

?

You lost me.

[furple]

?

You lost me.

Thomas o=one t=two t=three f=four f=five s=six s=seven_ _ _

I hope that clears it up.

[Twisteruk]

Startling
-l starting
-t staring
-a string
-r sting
-t sing
-g sin
-s in
-n i

Well done Furple, correct answer 

[Twisteruk]

Try This Riddle !


What Level do you get to ?


link:://:.deathball.net/notpron/




Please post your progress !

[Twisteruk]

The Afrikaans for 'astrology' is sterrewiggelary.

[Twisteruk]

That we can think of no mechanism for astrology is relevant but unconvincing. No mechanism was known, for example, for continental drift when it was proposed by Wegener. Nevertheless, we see that Wegener was right, and those who objected on the grounds of unavailable mechanism were wrong. CARL SAGAN (1934-96)

[furple]

I'm stuck on level 6 

I'm guessing it may have something to do with the webpage source code. It's all gibbley goosh to me though.