How many 3 letter words can be formed using the letters of the word computer?

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List of Words Formed Using Letters of 'computer'

There are 168 words which can be formed using letters of the word 'computer'

2 letter words which can be formed using the letters from 'computer':

em

er

et

me

mo

mu

oe

om

op

or

pe

re

to

um

up

ut

3 letter words which can be formed using the letters from 'computer':

cep

cop

cor

cot

cue

cum

cup

cur

cut

ecu

emu

met

moc

mop

mor

mot

mut

ope

opt

orc

ore

ort

our

out

pec

per

pet

pom

pot

pro

pur

put

rec

rem

rep

ret

roc

roe

rom

rot

rue

rum

rut

toe

tom

top

tor

tup

ump

upo

4 letter words which can be formed using the letters from 'computer':

cero

come

comp

cope

core

corm

cote

coup

crop

cure

curt

cute

ecru

euro

meou

mope

more

mort

mote

moue

mure

mute

omer

perm

pert

poem

poet

pome

pore

port

pour

pout

prom

puce

pure

repo

romp

rope

rote

roue

roup

rout

rump

temp

term

tome

tope

torc

tore

tour

trop

true

tump

5 letter words which can be formed using the letters from 'computer':

comer

comet

compt

comte

coper

coupe

court

crept

croup

cruet

crump

curet

cuter

eruct

erupt

metro

moper

mucor

mucro

muter

outer

outre

proem

recto

recut

repot

route

tempo

toper

tromp

trope

truce

trump

tumor

6 letter words which can be formed using the letters from 'computer':

coempt

copter

couter

croupe

pouter

precut

recoup

rectum

roupet

trompe

troupe

uptore

7 letter words which can be formed using the letters from 'computer':

compute

crumpet

8 letter words which can be formed using the letters from 'computer':

computer

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How many 3 letter permutations can be made from the letters COMPUTER?

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1 Answer

Alan P.

Feb 27, 2016

#336#

Explanation:

Assuming letters can not be reused:

There are#8#choices for the first letter,
and for each of these:
#color(white)("XXX")#there are#7#choices for the second letter,
#color(white)("XXX")#and for each of these
#color(white)("XXXXXX")#there are#6#choices for the third letter.

Therefore there are#8xx7xx6=336#choice results (permutations).

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How many 3 letters words can be formed?

Thus, there are 24+18 = 42 distinguishable three letter words that can be formed.

How many words can be formed the letters of the word COMPUTER?

Now there are 6 letters. They can be arranged in 6!* 2! = 1440.

What are all the 3 letter words?

The 3 letter words for kids are ink, aid, bad, cat, dog, eat, fig, god, hat, jug, kit, let, may, net, our, pet, rub, sit, tag, urn, van, war, yes, zip, etc. These are some of the simple 3 letter words for kids.

How many combinations of 3 words are there?

As a reminder, we have split the world into a grid of 3 metre x 3 metre squares, and each of those squares has been assigned an address made up of 3 words. There are around 57 trillion such squares.