Write the following words in the order they appear in the dictionary. 1. Wailer 2. Wader 3. Waking 4. Waling 5. Waggon
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Arranging Words in Dictionary Order
To arrange words in dictionary order, we compare them letter by letter from left to right. The word with the letter that comes earliest in the alphabet at the first point of difference comes first.
Let's look at the given words and their numbers:
- Wailer
- Wader
- Waking
- Waling
- Waggon
All the words start with 'W' and the second letter is 'a' for all of them. So, we need to look at the third letter of each word to determine the dictionary order.
The third letters are:
- Wailer: 'i'
- Wader: 'd'
- Waking: 'k'
- Waling: 'l'
- Waggon: 'g'
Now, let's arrange these third letters in alphabetical order:
d, g, i, k, l
Mapping these letters back to the words, we get the order based on the third letter:
| Third Letter | Word | Original Number |
|---|---|---|
| d | Wader | 2 |
| g | Waggon | 5 |
| i | Wailer | 1 |
| k | Waking | 3 |
| l | Waling | 4 |
So, the words in dictionary order are:
- Wader (2)
- Waggon (5)
- Wailer (1)
- Waking (3)
- Waling (4)
The sequence of numbers corresponding to this dictionary order is 2, 5, 1, 3, 4.
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