Riddles Random Riddle: 8 Letter Word July 31, 2017May 13, 2017 gags 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? Show answer The word is starting! starting, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in, i.