How Many Five-Letter Words Are There?

"We all of us are playing with our hands with which we were dealt," he says. "It's a little bit like that Hangman game where, as I recall it, your friend would draw a stick man And there'd be a gallows,. and then he'd put like, say, five blanks Or, you know, six blanks" But eventually the stick figure is complete dangling from the gallows and you lose or alternatively, you actually get the word - but here's the thing: You've got so many options to choose from.

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