Here's a riddle for you! First person who gets it right gets "Best Answer&q!

Here's a riddle for you! First person who gets it right gets "Best Answer".?

What common English word is 9 letters long, and each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an english word...From 9 letters all the way down to the single remaining letter? First person to get it right gets 10 points

Startling! :)

Here are the words:

Startling
Starting
Staring
String
Sting
Sing
Sin
In
I