How to Win in the Positives

Riddle: What eight letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word? Riddle: Hit with a bat. To end this game and therefore win in the positives your score must mean. That rhymed. Sounds are allowed. Didn't say that it has to be words. Why did they do this to myself? I could have been Riddleman. All right, Riddle wealth. Give me the next one. This one's a doozy. Do you know the answer so you can help him? I don't think he does. Would you like a hint? Please tell me. My eyes do not go.