How many distinct words can be created using all the letters of the word "NOKIA" such that the word starts with 'N' and ends with 'A'?

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24 Jul 2019
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28 May 2026

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The word "NOKIA" consists of 5 letters. We need to form words that begin with 'N' and end with 'A'. Fixing 'N' at the start and 'A' at the end leaves 3 positions to be filled by the remaining letters: O, K, and I. These 3 letters can be arranged in 3! = 6 different ways. Therefore, the total number of such words is 6.

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