math time

wow, good job! here's a little math to get you going ... except this'll be about letters, not numbers.

spelling is hard, so we'll just forget about spelling for now.
how many words of any length can be created from the letters in CHICKENS?
take your answer * 23 + 27771, and that's your next clue... maybe it's time to check the forums?

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what's in a word?
for example, the letters in MEEP can be used to create 34 different words.
(3  1-letter words) E, M, P
(7  2-letter words) EE, EM, EP, ME, MP, PE, PM
(12 3-letter words) EEM, EEP, EME, EMP, EPE, EPM, MEE, MEP, MPE, PEE, PEM, PME
(12 4-letter words) EEMP, EEPM, EMEP, EMPE, EPME, EPEM, MEEP, MEPE, MPEE, PMEE, PEME, PEEM