1. Dire
2. Dirt
3. Dirk
4. Direct
5. Dirge
Dictionary Ordering Strategy
To determine the correct dictionary order, we compare the words letter by letter, starting from the first letter.
Word Comparison
The given words are:
- 1. Dire
- 2. Dirt
- 3. Dirk
- 4. Direct
- 5. Dirge
All words start with 'Dir'. We compare the fourth letter:
- Dire: 'e'
- Dirt: 't'
- Dirk: 'k'
- Direct: 'e'
- Dirge: 'g'
Ordering based on the fourth letter ('e', 'g', 'k', 't'):
- Words starting with 'Dire' come first.
- 'g' (Dirge) comes next.
- 'k' (Dirk) follows 'g'.
- 't' (Dirt) comes last.
Resolving Ties
We have two words starting with 'Dire': Dire (1) and Direct (4).
Comparing the fifth letter:
- Dire: Ends (effectively comes before any letter).
- Direct: 'c'
Therefore, 'Dire' (1) comes before 'Direct' (4).
Final Dictionary Sequence
Combining the ordered groups:
- Dire
- Direct
- Dirge
- Dirk
- Dirt
The sequence number is 1, 4, 5, 3, 2.
Important Questions from Dictionary or Alphabet Based
Select the option that represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary.
1. Lesage
2. Laudatory
3. Laureate
4. Latitude
5. Legacy
6. Laudanum
7. Launder
Each vowel in the word “ETHICAL” is changed to the following letter in the English alphabetical series and each consonant is changed to the previous letter in the English alphabetical series. In the newly formed word, how many alphabets are there in the English alphabetical series between the alphabet which is 3rd from the left and 1st from the right?
All the alphabets in the word ‘DICTIONARY’ are arranged in the alphabetical order. How many alphabets are there in the English alphabetical series between the alphabet which is fourth from the left end and the one which is second from the right end in the newly formed letter-cluster?
Select the combination of numbers so that the jumbled letters arranged accordingly will form a meaningful English word.
O H R E M T
1 2 3 4 5 6
The position of how many letters will remain unchanged if each of the letter in the word ‘FINGER' is arranged in alphabetical order?
