STRINGIER
remove one R, and the word becomes: STINGIER
remove one I, and the word becomes: STINGER
remove the T, and the word becomes: SINGER
remove the other R, and the word becomes: SINGE
remove the G, and the word becomes: SINE
remove the E, and the word becomes: SIN
remove the S, and the word becomes: IN
remove the N, and the word becomes: I