how many words can be spelled out of the redemption?

Question

bible study question

Answer 1

Well, ONE way to answer this question is to find an 'anagram solver' on-line (just look up that term in a search engine), and plug the word in.

But, for fun, let's try doing it by hand. My method is generally to look for all words starting with each letter in order, and work up from one-letter to two-letter words, etc. (but inserting forms of the same word after their 'root form').

Here's what I've got so far (something over 200 words. . . [update] over 300 now!):

do
dee, den, die, dim, din, dip, doe, doer, don, dot
deem, deep, deer, demo, dent, diet, dieter, dime, dimer, dine, diner, dint, dire, direr, dirt, dome, done, dope, doper, dopier, dorm, dormer, dote, doter, drip, drop
demon, demit, denim, deter, drone, droner, droop
demote, denier, denote, deport, domino
demerit

em, en
end, ender, eon, ere, (e'er), (e'en)
edit, editor, emit
enter, emend, emote, emoted
empire, emptied, emptier, entire, ermine

I
id, in, it
imp, imped, ion, ire, ired
into, iron, ironed
inept, inert, inter, import, imported
impede, impeder

me, mi, mo
men, met, mop
meet, mend, mender, mere, mete, meted, meter, mind, minder, mine, mined, miner, mint, minted, minter, mire, mired, mite, mode, mope, moped, mopier, more, mored, morn, mote
merit, merited, meter, metro, minor, minored, miter, mitered
mentor, mentored, meteor

no
net, nim, nip, nit, nod, nor, not
need, nerd, node, nope, note, noted, noter

O
on, or
ode, one, oner, ope, oped, opt, opted, ore
omen, omer, omit, open, opened, opener
opine, opined, orient, oriented

pe, pi
pee, peed, pen, per, pet, pie, pied, pin, pit, pod, pot, pro
peen, peer, pend, pended, pent, peon, perm, permed, pert, pier, pine, pined, pinier, pint, pinter, poem, poet, pond, pone, pore, pored, porn, port, ported, prim, prod, prom
peter, point, pointed, pointer, preen, pride, pried, prime, primed, primer, print, printed, prone
period, ponder, ponied
pretend, portend

re
red, rid, rim, rip, rod, roe, rot
redo, redone, reed, rend, rent, rented, ride, rime, rimed, rind, riot, rioted, ripe, ripen, ripened, rite, romp, romper, romped, rope, roped, rode, rote
remit, retie, retied, retro
remind, remote, repine, repined, report, reported

ti, to
tee, teed, ten, tie, tied, tin, tip, toe, toed, tom, ton, top
teen, tend, term, termed, tide, tier, tiered, time, timed, timer, tine, tire, tired, tome, tone, toned, toner, tonier, tore, torn, tree, treed, trim, trip, trod
tenor, tempo, tepid, trend, tried, tripe, tromp, tromped, trope
temper, tender, tinder

Answer 2

tone pone done rode tore more pore peer tier rite nide (a flock of pheasant) node mode dome redone pint dint dent pent trend rend end ion nor deer reed peen need dire ride pend tend pond mope ire die more pier tee teed pee peed tide edit emptied tied tired tree treed pie rid pied mere drip rip trip tripe rind rime per pot top opt opened open tone note toe toed

to name a few