Queue.
Take away the four letters UEUE and you are left with Q.
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.
The 8-letter word you're looking for is "letters." If you take away the letters "l," "e," "t," "t," and "e," you're left with "rs," which sounds like "are" (or "are" pronounced as "10" in a playful riddle context). Thus, the word cleverly plays with the idea of letters and numbers.
Dozens
axils
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
Well, honey, you're talking about the word "mailbox." Take away the first letter, you get "ailbox." Take away the second letter, you get "mbox." Take away all the letters, and you're still left with "box." So, the answer is "mailbox."
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?
The 3-letter word for "sick" is "ill." If you take away one letter (the "i"), you are left with "ll," and by adding two letters (such as "a" and "s"), you can form the word "all."
spirt