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I wish I could find the article I read debunking that. It really only works for short, common words. For an n-letter word, there are only (n-2)! permutations

by bmm6o 16y ago

I wish I could find the article I read debunking that. It really only works for short, common words. For an n-letter word, there are only (n-2)! permutations that fix the first and last letters. If your words average only 4.3 characters, you are nowhere near cmnioiaaortbl epsiloxon ttrrreioy.

nreece 16y ago
Research by Matt Davis at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy sheds some light - http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/matt.davis/Cmabrigde/ http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/matt.davis/Cmabrigde/