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ANAGRAMS.
| i | 2 | p | 1 | It contains— |
| t | 2 | s | 3 | 2 triplets. |
| o | 1 | a | 1 | 4 pairs. |
| r | 2 | m | 1 | 4 single letters. |
| e | 3 | —– | —– | |
| n | 2 | 6 | 18 | |
| —– | 12 | |||
| 12 | —– | |||
| 18 |
Now, on examining the dictionary of all words of eighteen letters, it will be observed that they amount to twenty-seven, and that they may be arranged in six classes:—
| 7 | having | five letters of the same kind. |
| 5 | " | four " |
| 3 | " | three triplets. |
| 7 | " | two triplets. |
| 3 | " | one triplet. |
| 2 | " | seven pairs. |
| —– | ||
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Hence it appears that the word sought must be one of those seven having two triplets, and also that it must have four pairs; this reduces the question to the two words—
misinterpretations,
misrepresentations.
The latter is the one sought, because its triplets are e and s, whilst those of the former are i and t.
The reader who has leisure may try to find out the word of eighteen letters formed by the following sentence:—
Art is not in, but Satan.
Another amusing puzzle may be greatly assisted by these
