This word riddle depends on taking the clue literally. We need a word that turns into the word “longer” after its third letter is removed.
The word is LOUNGER. Spell it out: L-O-U-N-G-E-R. The third letter is U. Remove that U and the remaining letters spell L-O-N-G-E-R.
Answer: LOUNGER.
It is a clever piece of wordplay because “longer” sounds like a description of what should happen to the word, while it is actually the exact word you are trying to create.
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