When someone asks you to permute letters or words back and forth, what comes to your mind and what do you do?

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When someone asks you to permute letters or words back and forth, what comes to your mind and what do you do?

Permute means to change the order of

2007-02-23 12:10:02 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay

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In respect of letters of a word, I would think of anagrams. For example: if the word is team, a permutation would result in meat, mate, tame.
In respect of a set of words, it would mean to me to be a rearrangement or shuffling.

2007-02-23 21:02:17 · answer #1 · answered by greenhorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

My aunt jean...

Uh, for example, the word is 'hospital'.
Spit
Tail
Ail
Etc.

Get it?

2007-02-23 20:14:32 · answer #2 · answered by Sakura-kun 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋