# Need basic help

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-basic-help/162969>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 16, 2009, 10:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-basic-help/162969 "2009-03-16T10:43:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![jazzezravi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@jazzezravi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jazzezravi)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 10:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-basic-help/162969/1 "2009-03-16T10:43:44Z")

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Hi All,

word=“busae”

need:

i want to get all possible words with above 5 letters.

Ex:  
busae  
bsaue  
bueas

.  
.  
.  
.  
.  
Etc…

any help

Regards,  
P.Raveendran

> **[Raveendran](https://raveendran.wordpress.com)**
>
> Nothing is impossible...

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**Author:** ![jazzezravi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@jazzezravi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jazzezravi)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 10:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-basic-help/162969/2 "2009-03-16T10:54:49Z")

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On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 3:11 PM, jazzez ravi [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> word=“busae”
> 
> need:
> 
> i want to get all possible words with above 5 letters.

The common terms for this are “permutations” and “anagrams”. Googling  
for “ruby permutations” gets a bunch of useful hits.

martin

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**Author:** ![jazzezravi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@jazzezravi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jazzezravi)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 11:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-basic-help/162969/3 "2009-03-16T11:11:29Z")

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Martin DeMello wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 3:11 PM, jazzez ravi [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > word=“busae”
> > 
> > need:
> > 
> > i want to get all possible words with above 5 letters.
> 
> The common terms for this are “permutations” and “anagrams”. Googling  
> for “ruby permutations” gets a bunch of useful hits.
> 
> martin

Thank You deMello

Regards,  
P.Raveendran

> **[Raveendran](https://raveendran.wordpress.com)**
>
> Nothing is impossible...