Riddle of the Day

[Gizmokid2005]

In the olden days of yore, a very kind and generous King ruled where a very clever thief was brought before the King and sentenced to death. The king in his generosity, let the thief decide his fate and told the thief to choose his own way to die. This pleased the thief and he smiled as he told the King how he wished to take his sentence.

What did he tell the king?

ANSWER (Congrats TL and acoustikarl): He told him he wished to die of old age. (I know it wasn't really clever....)

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There is a common 7 letter English word which has a peculiar characteristic. Remove one of its letters and you have another word. In fact you can keep taking a letter away, one at a time and each time you will have a new word, continuing until you have a 1 letter word. What is this 7 letter word and what are the words created by removing a letter at a time?

[acoustikarl]

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There is a common 7 letter English word which has a peculiar characteristic. Remove one of its letters and you have another word. In fact you can keep taking a letter away, one at a time and each time you will have a new word, continuing until you have a 1 letter word. What is this 8 letter word and what are the words created by removing a letter at a time?

Uh, so is it 7 letters or 8?

[TurcoLoco]

What is this 7 letter word and what are the words created by removing a letter at a time?

So, after removing a letter, re-arranging the leftover letters is possible?

[Gizmokid2005]

So, after removing a letter, re-arranging the leftover letters is possible?

No, the letters can NOT be rearranged.

[acoustikarl]

Probably not right, but here goes.
A
AM
TAM
TEAM
STEAM
STREAM
STREAMS

[Gizmokid2005]

Probably not right, but here goes.
A
AM
TAM
TEAM
STEAM
STREAM
STREAMS

Nope. You have to start with 7 letters and work the other way.

7 letters
6 letters
5 letters....

[TurcoLoco]

Nope. You have to start with 7 letters and work the other way.

7 letters
6 letters
5 letters....

Good grief Gizmo, just reverse the order he listed then...

Snowing
sowing
swing
wing
gin
in
i

[Gizmokid2005]

There is a common 7 letter English word which has a peculiar characteristic. Remove one of its letters and you have another word. In fact you can keep taking a letter away, one at a time and each time you will have a new word, continuing until you have a 1 letter word. What is this 7 letter word and what are the words created by removing a letter at a time?

ANSWER (Almost TL....): Snowing --> Sowing --> Swing --> Sing --> sin --> in --> i

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What falls but never breaks and breaks but never falls?

[acoustikarl]

ANSWER (Almost TL....): Snowing --> Sowing --> Swing --> Sing --> sin --> in --> i

Aw, c'mon. His answer works just as well. This was a tough one and he should get full credit here.

[Gizmokid2005]

Aw, c'mon. His answer works just as well. This was a tough one and he should get full credit here.

I almost did...but he used GIN instead of SIN...otherwise he would've gotten full credit