# Find all possible permutations of a word with distinct letters recursively

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/find-all-possible-permutations-of-a-word-with-distinct-letters-recursively/677323>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [September 18, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/find-all-possible-permutations-of-a-word-with-distinct-letters-recursively/677323 "2025-09-18T14:53:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![polaryeti](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/polaryeti/32/19283_2.png) [@polaryeti](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/polaryeti)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/find-all-possible-permutations-of-a-word-with-distinct-letters-recursively/677323/1 "2025-09-18T14:53:40Z")

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My mind is not working on this problem. Thus I seek help

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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 5:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/find-all-possible-permutations-of-a-word-with-distinct-letters-recursively/677323/2 "2025-09-19T05:06:32Z")

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Can you share an example or two of words and their possible answers?

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**Author:** ![Wayne](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/wayne/32/16501_2.png) [@Wayne](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Wayne)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/find-all-possible-permutations-of-a-word-with-distinct-letters-recursively/677323/3 "2025-09-19T16:28:50Z")

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perhaps Google Gemini can help out ?

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**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/find-all-possible-permutations-of-a-word-with-distinct-letters-recursively/677323/4 "2025-09-20T15:11:41Z")

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A word is no longer itself if you change its letters around, so isn’t the answer always 1? 🤔