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 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.
The 9-letter word you're looking for is "something." When you take away the letters "s-o-m-e-t-h-i-n," you are left with the letter "g," which sounds like the word "one."
A,I or U (you in text)^^^ none of those are 5 letters ... Queue or Q sound the same. pretty sure its the only answer
i dont know queue bc if take away 4 letters it still sounds like q
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.
Whole
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.
Sixty... when u take 2 letters away you are left with 'six'
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."
Queue. Take away the four letters UEUE and you are left with Q.
a post man or a post office
spirt