Queue.
Take away the four letters UEUE and you are left with Q.
empty
Startling. Take away the L and you get starting. Take away the second T and you get staring. Take away the A and you get string. Take away the R and you get sting. Take away the T and you get sing. Take away the G and you get sin. Take away the S and you get in. Take away the N and you get I.
queue [take away "ueue" and you still have "q"] Here's ANOTHER approach to the same question. ANSWER: Mailbox Regardless of how many "letters" you take away, it's still pronouced MAILBOX.
Dozens
axils
The word chair works. You sit on it and it's below you. And chair minus "c" is hair, which is (hopefully) above you. And hair minus "h" is air, which is around you.
The answer is the word empty. Take away the e and you have the letters mpty. Take away the p and you have the letters mty. Take away the y and you have the letters mt.
a post man or a post office
Mailman
Answers1) The word FIVE is a 4-letter word. Take away the 3 letters 'F', 'I' and the 'E', and you are left with 'V' which is the Roman numeral for the number five.2) The word ZERO is a 4-letter word, Take away the letters Z,E and R, and you are left with O, which is zero!Other words with similar characteristicsThere is a 5-letter word that, when you take four letters away, still has the same meaning: aitch -> hThere is also a 5-letter word that, when you take four letters away, still has the same sound: queue -> qThis is a three letter word, take two letters away and it sounds the same: why -> yAnd, last by no means least, there are two 3-letter words which, when you take two letters away, mean the same thing: zee (US) -> z, zed (UK) -> z.
aitch, queue
A postman or postwoman (mail- if you are from the US). I am over 60, and this one was ancient when I was a kid!
bee, dee, gee, jay, kay, ess, tee, you, vee, why, zee
Letter u
Sixty... when u take 2 letters away you are left with 'six'
One answer is aitch, the word for the letter H (remove aitc). Another answer is queue (remove ueue and leave Q). Are there any others?
spirt
Startling. Take away the L and you get starting. Take away the second T and you get staring. Take away the A and you get string. Take away the R and you get sting. Take away the T and you get sing. Take away the G and you get sin. Take away the S and you get in. Take away the N and you get I.