The 5 letter word can be rearranged in 5! =120 Ways without any of the letters repeating.
The first 24 of these words will start with A.
Then, the 25th word will start will CA _ _ _.
The remaining 3 letters can be rearranged in 3! =6 Ways. i.e. 6 words exist that start with CA.
The next word starts with CH and then A, i.e., CHA _ _.
The first of the words will be CHAMS. The next word will be CHASM.
Therefore, the rank of CHASM will be 24 +6 +2= 32.
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