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Question

From the given alternatives, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word.

PROSPERITY

The correct answer is

PRIESTS

Word Formation Challenge: Analyzing PROSPERITY Letters

The problem asks us to find which word among the given options cannot be formed using the letters available in the word PROSPERITY. To solve this, we first need to count the occurrences of each letter in the main word PROSPERITY. Then, we will check each option to see if all the letters required to form that word are present in PROSPERITY with sufficient counts.

Letters Available in PROSPERITY

Let's list the distinct letters present in the word PROSPERITY along with their frequency:

Letter Count in PROSPERITY
P 2
R 2
O 1
S 1
E 1
I 1
T 1
Y 1

Checking Each Option for Word Formation

Now, let's examine each given word option to determine if it can be formed using the letters from PROSPERITY:

  • Option 1: PROPERTY

    The word PROPERTY requires 2 'P's, 2 'R's, 1 'O', 1 'E', 1 'T', and 1 'Y'. All these letters are available in PROSPERITY with the necessary counts. Hence, PROPERTY can be formed.

  • Option 2: TOPPERS

    The word TOPPERS requires 1 'T', 1 'O', 2 'P's, 1 'E', 1 'R', and 1 'S'. All these letters are available in PROSPERITY with the necessary counts. Hence, TOPPERS can be formed.

  • Option 3: REPORTS

    The word REPORTS requires 2 'R's, 1 'E', 1 'P', 1 'O', 1 'T', and 1 'S'. All these letters are available in PROSPERITY with the necessary counts. Hence, REPORTS can be formed.

  • Option 4: PRIESTS

    The word PRIESTS requires 1 'P', 1 'R', 1 'I', 1 'E', 2 'S's, and 1 'T'.

    When we check the available letters in PROSPERITY, we find it has only one 'S' letter. However, PRIESTS needs two 'S' letters.

    Because there are not enough 'S' letters available in PROSPERITY to form PRIESTS, this word cannot be formed.

Conclusion: Word Not Formed

Based on our analysis, the word PRIESTS cannot be formed because it requires two 'S' letters, whereas the source word PROSPERITY only contains one 'S'.

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Important Questions from Word Formation

  1. From the given alternative words, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word: CHRONOLOGICAL

  2. In the question, a word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as in two matrices given below. The columns and rows of Matrix I are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix II are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and next by its column, e.g., 'B' can be represented by 00, 13 etc., and 'A' can be represented by 55, 69 etc

    Similarly you have to identify the set for the word 'GIRL'

  3. From the given alternative words, select the word which cannot be formed from the letters of the given word :

    SIMILARITY

  4. From the given alternative words, select the word that cannot be formed using the letters of given word:

    MAINTAIN

  5. From the given alternative words, select the word that cannot be formed using the letters of the below word.

    PENDULAM

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