Check this one out!
What common English word is 9 letters long, and each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word... from 9 letters all the way down to a single letter ?
STARTLING
1st remove the "L" ... and your left with STARTING
2nd remove the 2nd "T" ... and your left with STARING
3rd remove the "A" ... and your left with STRING
4th remove the "R" ... and your left with STING
5th remove the other "T" ... and your left with SING
6th remove the "G" ... and your left with SIN
7th remave the "S" ... and your left with IN
then 8th remove the "N" and your left with the lonly I
All these words are all in the english vocabulary !!
Cool huh!