Can you think of a six-letter word that can form nine different words when one of its letters is dropped? The new words are formed by dropping a different letter each time. Five of the six letters in the original word will be dropped.

Answer:

The word is PASTRY:

Dropping the P: STRAY
Dropping the S: PARTY
Dropping the T: PRAYS, SPRAY
Dropping the R: PASTY, PATSY
Dropping the Y: PARTS, STRAP, TRAPS