Move a Letter to Create a New Word

Hello word detective, you’ve arrived at just the right time.  

Can you help us solve the following puzzle?

 

We need to remove a letter from the word below so that we are left with a real word:

stoop

 

We cannot jumble the order of the letters.

The letter can be removed from anywhere in the word.

 

Let’s try and remove the first letter:

stoop -> toop - this is not a real word

 

How about the second letter?

stoop -> soop - also, not a real word

 

Let’s try the third letter:

stoop -> stop - We have found the real word!                    

 

 

The correct letter to remove is o, as this leaves us with the real word stop.
 

 

 

Let's try another example now.

 

Which letter could we remove from this word to make another real word?

munch

 

Let’s see what the word would look like with different letters removed:

 

Letter	Word created	Real or not?
1st	unch	Not real
2nd	mnch	Not real
3rd	much	Real! We have a winner!
4th	munh	Not real
5th	munc	Not real

 

The correct letter to remove is n as it creates the word much.

 

 

Let’s try one more together.

 

Which letter could we remove from this word to make another real word?

pound

 

Let’s see what the word would look like with different letters removed:

 

Letter	Word created	Real or not?
1st	ound	Not real
2nd	pund	Not real
3rd	pond	Real! We have a winner!
4th	poud	Not real
5th	poun	Not real

 

Now, it’s your turn to find letters that can be removed from a word to leave another real word.

 

Pssstt!! Here’s a handy hint to help you reach superstar status: Say each of the newly formed words out loud, this will help you to recognise which ones are real words.

 

Good luck letter remover!