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Four Letter Sequences (Posted on 2005-01-12) Difficulty: 3 of 5
A sequence of letters is considered "valid" if it occurs as a substring of a common English word. For example, "RGRO" is valid because it occurs in the word "undeRGROund."

Find a sequence of four distinct letters such that all 23 non-identity permutations of the sequence are valid.

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Puzzle Answer Comment 9 of 9 |
The sequence of four distinct letters are IART, and some of the valid words are:
AIRTIGHT
    WAITRESS
    PARITY
    SATIRE
    PATRIOT
PSYCHIATRIEST
    PIRATE
   FLIRTATIOUS
   GUITAR
    TITRATE
   RATIFY
   VARIATION
   VERITABLE
   CURTAIN
  INERTIA
    STAIR
     TARIFF
     TIRADE
     TRAIN
     TRIAD

Edited on October 20, 2023, 10:01 pm
  Posted by K Sengupta on 2023-10-20 22:00:38

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