if all the possible words using the letters of the word "DRAW" are formed without repetition and arranged in alphabetical order, what will be the position of the word "WARD"

• No. of letters in the word "DRAW" = 4
  Total no. of words formed can be => 4! = 24
  Alphabetical order of DRAW => ADRW
  Words Starting with "A" => (A)--- = 3! = 6
  Words starting with "D" => (D)--- = 3! = 6
  Words starting with "R" => (R)--- = 3! = 6
  So 6+6+6 = 18
  19th word ll start with "W"
  19th word => WADR
  20th word => WARD
  So "WARD" is present in the 20th position...
  
  Ans : 20
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• It should be 20th position out of total 24 positions.
  We've DRAW as 4 letters...
  Now alphabetically:
  Total words starting with A:
  A _ _ _ = 1 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 6 words are possible starting with A.
  Now next turn comes for D :
  D _ _ _ = 1 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 6 words are possible starting with D
  
  Next is R :
  R _ _ _ = 1 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 6 words are possible starting with R
  We need to find for WARD...All the above possible words are definitely positioned above our desired word WARD:
  Now lets take for words starting with W :
  After letter W we have A which should only come alphabetically.
  W A D R should be the next letter..whose position should be 19th as 18 are already above it.
  And next is WARD(Desired word)... Hence its position should be 20.
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• 19. words starting with A 6
  " " " D 6
  " " " R 6
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