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| January 5th, 2012 at 7:52:36 AM permalink | |
| ChiTownJoe Member since: Jan 5, 2012 Threads: 1 Posts: 3 | Hello, wanted to check the odds of this happening. A friend recently lost his wife. They liked to play scrabble, and the first time playing with his daughter the tiles spelled her unique 1st name VYETTE, the other letter was a U. They are a deeply religious family and I like to believe this is some sort of miracle. There is also a picture of the board. My friends daughter picked first, the picture shows she had a "L" "A" "W" "blank tile" "E" "R" , not sure of 7th tile. My friend then picked "U" "V" "Y" "E" "T" "T" "E" There are 100 tiles in the scrabble game. 12-E's 6- T's 4- U's 2- V's 2- Y's WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY OF THIS HAPPENING ? |
| January 5th, 2012 at 8:43:32 AM permalink | |
| CrystalMath Member since: May 10, 2011 Threads: 3 Posts: 476 | I get 1 in 48314. This assumes that the 7th letter can be anything. Although unlikely, it is possible without divine intervention. I heart Crystal Math. |
| January 5th, 2012 at 8:59:42 AM permalink | |
| ChiTownJoe Member since: Jan 5, 2012 Threads: 1 Posts: 3 | Thanks, this is what I calculated for all 7 letters, but I don't know how to calculate without knowing exactly what his daughter's 7th letter was, but assumed it was not one my friend picked. With 7 tiles already picked already, there are 9,473,622,444 possible remaining combinations of tiles. With a "E" already picked by his daughter. I came up with 13,200 ways to get UYVETTE. So with "U" included, all 7 tiles picked I came up with 1 in 717,698. Is this math correct? |
| January 5th, 2012 at 9:31:30 AM permalink | |
| CrystalMath Member since: May 10, 2011 Threads: 3 Posts: 476 |
Yes. If, however, the last letter can be anything and you know that the first player has picked an E, the probability is 1 in 37,122. I heart Crystal Math. |
| January 5th, 2012 at 10:42:47 AM permalink | |
| ChiTownJoe Member since: Jan 5, 2012 Threads: 1 Posts: 3 | Thanks |
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