Answer: DOZENS
Explanation:
The word “dozens” contains six letters: D, O, Z, E, N, S. If you subtract one letter by removing the final “S,” the word becomes “dozen.” A dozen is a group of twelve. Therefore, after subtracting one letter, twelve remains.
This is a wordplay riddle: you are not subtracting one from the number twelve. Instead, you remove one letter from the six-letter word “dozens” to get “dozen,” which means twelve. That’s why the correct answer is DOZENS.
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