In a Scrabble® set there are 100 tiles, consisting of: E (12); A, I, (9); O, (8); N, R, T (6); D, L S, U (4); G (3); B, C, F, H, M, P, V, W, Y (2); J, K, Q, X, Z (1); and 2 blanks that can be used as wild cards to represent any letter.

A player is selecting tiles prior to making the first move.

If the first six tiles drawn are A, E, N, R, S, and T, what is the probability that the seventh tile will complete a 7 letter word?

Some words that could work:

earnest, entraps, smarten, nectars.

These would give a probability of (13+4+4+4)/94. Not big enough to put money on, unless there are some more....

 

 

 

Posted by Jils on 2006-02-03 11:08:44