How many words, with or without meaning, can be formed by using all the letters of the word ‘DELHI’, using each letter exactly once?

Given: the total number of letters in ‘DELHI’ = 5


To find: Number of words, with or without meanings using all the letters of the word like eldhi or dehil etc.


Formula used:


Number of arrangements of n things taken all at a time = P(n, n)



The total number of ways in which this can be done


= the number of arrangements of 5 things taken all at a time


= P(5, 5)




{ 0! = 1}


= 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1


= 120


Hence, number of words, with or without meanings using all the letters of the word ‘DELHI’ are 120


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