This is an incomplete list of letter deletion indicators. Note that deleting all the middle letters is equivalent to selecting the first and last letters; those indicators which explicitly suggest selection of these letters may be found over at the selection indicators list. Indicators such as "regularly" suggesting selection of alternate letters may also be found on the selection indicators list, though ones suggesting deletion are included here.
First letter[]
- beheaded
- decapitated
- don't start
- failing to start
- headless
- headlessly
- heading off
- leaderless
- lead-free
- needing no introduction
- not originally
- scratching head
- topless
- uninitiated
- unopened
Last letter[]
- abbreviated
- abrupt
- abruptly
- bottomless
- brief
- briefly
- clipped
- contract
- cut short
- detailed
- docked
- endless
- endlessly
- incomplete
- mostly
- nearly
- no end of
- scratching bottom
- short
- shortly
- unfinished
Both first and last letters[]
- endless
- endlessly
- limitless
- limitlessly
- not taking sides
- peeled
- shelled
- side-splitting
- topped and tailed
- unlimited
- wingless
Middle one or two letters[]
- disheartened
- heartless
- heartlessly
All middle letters[]
- disembowelled
- empty
- evacuated
- gutted
- hollowed
- insider exclusive
- vacant
- vacuous
Alternate letters[]
- even/evenly
- making regular sacrifices
- odd/oddly
- regularly ignored
Half the middle two letters[]
- half-heartedly
Half the letters[]
- half-cut
- not half