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Each letter in the word KNIFERS is arranged in the English alphabetical order. How many letters are there in the English alphabetical order between the letter which is third from the left and the one which is third from the right in the new letter cluster thus formed?

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4

The word KNIFERS has the letters K, N, I, F, E, R, S.

Arrange them in alphabetical order: E, F, I, K, N, R, S.

Third from the left in EFIKNRS is I (E-F-I). Third from the right is N (S-R-N).

Position of I is 9 and position of N is 14 in the alphabet.

The letters strictly between them are J(10), K(11), L(12) and M(13), which is 4 letters.

Hence, the number of letters in between is 4.

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