It contains—
- 2 triplets.
- 4 pairs.
- 4 single letters.
- 18
Now, on examining the dictionary of all words of eighteen letters, it will be observed that they amount to twenty-seven, and that they may be arranged in six classes:—
- 7 having five letters of the same kind.
- 5 having four letters of the same kind.
- 3 having three triplets.
- 7 having two triplets.
- 3 having one triplet.
- 2 having seven pairs.
- 27
〈ANAGRAMS.〉
Hence it appears that the word sought must be one of those seven having two triplets, and also that it must have four pairs; this reduces the question to the two words—
misinterpretations,
misrepresentations.
The latter is the one sought, because its triplets are e and s, whilst those of the former are i and t.
The reader who has leisure may try to find out the word of eighteen letters formed by the following sentence:—