First we'll find all the distinguishable arrangements of AEOOOOY. Then we'll insert the others G,L,L,P,Z among them so that none will be adjacent. There are 7!/4! = 210 distinguishable arrangements of AEOOOOY. This could be a sample of those, putting blanks for possible places to insert other letters _A_E_O_Y_O_O_O_ We can pick any 2 of the 8 blanks to put the 2 L's in C(8,2)=28 ways. Then we'd have something like this, where the x's are places where the G,P,Z cannot go, next to either L: _A_ExLxOxLxO_A_O_Y_ So there are P(6,3) = 120 choices of positions for G,P,Z. Answer: 210*28*120 = 705,600 Edwin