SOLUTION: find the total number of letters needed to spell the names of all thirteen cards of a single suit in a standard fifty-two playing deck

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Question 498294: find the total number of letters needed to spell the names of all thirteen cards of a single suit in a standard fifty-two playing deck
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) About Me  (Show Source):
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It's 52 as long as you use "TWO" and not "DEUCE" and "THREE" and not "TREY".

I used ACE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN, JACK, QUEEN,
KING and counted the letters below:

 1. A
 2. C
 3. E

 4. T
 5. W
 6. O

 7. T
 8. H
 9. R
10. E
11. E

12. F
13. O
14. U
15. R

16. F
17. I
18. V
19. E

20. S
21. I
22. X

23. S
24. E
25. V
26. E
27. N

28. E
29. I
30. G
31. H
32. T

33. N
34. I
35. N
36. E

37. T
38. E
39. N

40. J
41. A
42. C
43. K

44. Q
45. U
46. E
47. E
48. N

49. K
50. I
51. N
52. G 

Edwin