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Question

In the following question, select the word from the given alternatives which can’t be formed using the letters of the given word.
CONSTRUCTION

The correct answer is
CAUTION

How to Find Unformable Words from CONSTRUCTION

The task is to identify which word from the given options cannot be constructed using the letters available in the word CONSTRUCTION. This involves checking the frequency of each letter in the source word.

Letters in CONSTRUCTION

First, let's list all the letters present in the word CONSTRUCTION and count how many times each letter appears:

Letter Available Count
C 2
O 2
N 2
S 2
T 2
R 1
U 1
I 1

Checking Each Option Word

Now, let's examine each option to see if it can be formed using the available letters:

Option 1: CAUTION

  • Letters needed: C (1), A (1), U (1), T (1), I (1), O (1), N (1)
  • Analysis: The word CAUTION requires the letter 'A'. Looking at the letters available in CONSTRUCTION, there is no 'A'. Therefore, this word cannot be formed.

Option 2: NOTION

  • Letters needed: N (2), O (2), T (1), I (1)
  • Analysis: The word NOTION needs two 'N's, two 'O's, one 'T', and one 'I'. The source word CONSTRUCTION has two 'N's, two 'O's, two 'T's, and one 'I'. All required letters are available in sufficient quantities. Thus, NOTION can be formed.

Option 3: SUCTION

  • Letters needed: S (1), U (1), C (1), T (1), I (1), O (1), N (1)
  • Analysis: The word SUCTION needs one 'S', one 'U', one 'C', one 'T', one 'I', one 'O', and one 'N'. The source word CONSTRUCTION has two 'S's, one 'U', two 'C's, two 'T's, one 'I', two 'O's, and two 'N's. All required letters are available. Thus, SUCTION can be formed.

Option 4: COINS

  • Letters needed: C (1), O (1), I (1), N (1), S (1)
  • Analysis: The word COINS needs one 'C', one 'O', one 'I', one 'N', and one 'S'. The source word CONSTRUCTION has two 'C's, two 'O's, one 'I', two 'N's, and two 'S's. All required letters are available. Thus, COINS can be formed.

Final Answer Determination

By comparing the letters required for each option word against the letters available in CONSTRUCTION, we found that the word CAUTION cannot be formed because it contains the letter 'A', which is missing from CONSTRUCTION.

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