Question

If all permutations of the letters of the word AGAIN are arranged in the order as in a dictionary. What is the 49^th word?

Answer 1

Starting with letter A, and arranging the other four letters, there are 4! = 24 words. These are the first 24 words. Then starting with G, and arranging A, A, I and N in different ways, there are

Next the 37^th word starts with I. There are again 12 words starting with I. This accounts up to the 48th word. The 49^th word is NAAGI.