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
Each vowel in the word BACHELOR is changed to the letter following it in the English alphabetical order and each consonant is changed to the letter preceding it in the English alphabetical order. If each letter, thus formed is arranged in alphabetical order, which letter will be fourth from the Left?
Write the following words in the order they appear in the dictionary.
1. Wailer
2. Wader
3. Waking
4. Waling
5. Waggon
Write the following words according to the order in which they appear in the dictionary.
1. Lamellosities
2. Lamellibranch
3. Lamprophonies
4. Lamprophonias
5. Laminectomies
If in the word "SPIRITUAL", position of second and fifth letter is interchanged, similarly position of fourth and sixth letter is interchanged with seventh and ninth letters respectively, then how many pair of letters in the new word have as many letters between them (either forward or backward) as they have in the English alphabet series?
The position of how many letters will remain unchanged if each letter in the word AMPLIFY is arranged in alphabetical order?
