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Here's a simple game. Start with a word, any English word. Then insert a letter anywhere into that word to make a longer one. Repeat this process as many times as you can. For example:

I

in

sin

sing

sting

string

strings

I managed 7 layers there. Can anyone beat it?

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1 . I

2a. pi    2b. in

3a. pig   3b. pin

4 . ping

5 . oping         (archaic verb: opening)

6 . coping

7 . comping

8 . compting      (archaic verb: counting)	

9 . competing

10. completing

11. complecting

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1 . I

2a. pi    2b. in

3a. pig   3b. pin

4 . ping

5 . oping         (archaic verb: opening)

6 . coping

7 . comping

8 . compting      (archaic verb: counting)	

9 . competing

10. completing

11. complecting

Ha, nice. 11 to beat...

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1  o		 (interj.) oh; (n.) a cipher, zero

2  to | on	 

3  ton	         a unit of weight

4  Aton	         the solar disc 

5  raton	 (obsolete) a small rat

6  ration	 a fixed portion that is allotted 

7  oration	 an instance of oratory

8  roration	 (obsolete) a falling of dew

9  proration	 to divide, distribute, or assess proportionately

10 peroration	 a flowery and highly rhetorical oration

11 perforation   a hole or series of holes punched or bored through something

12 perforations  plural of perforation

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1  o		 (interj.) oh; (n.) a cipher, zero

2  to | on	 

3  ton	         a unit of weight

4  Aton	         the solar disc 

5  raton	 (obsolete) a small rat

6  ration	 a fixed portion that is allotted 

7  oration	 an instance of oratory

8  roration	 (obsolete) a falling of dew

9  proration	 to divide, distribute, or assess proportionately

10 peroration	 a flowery and highly rhetorical oration

11 perforation   a hole or series of holes punched or bored through something

12 perforations  plural of perforation

Are you using software to find these words? :)

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