What word of five letters has only one left when you take away the first four?
Smiles
If you take away the first four letters ('s-m-i-l'), the remaining letters are 'e' and 's', making 'miles' (or looking at the literal phrase 'one left'). Wait, 'Smiles' has 'mile' between 's' and 's'. Actually, 'Smiles' has 'mile' in it. Better explanation: The word is 'Smiles' because there is a 'mile' between the two 's's.
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