how many words can be spelled out of the redemption?

Well, ONE way to answer this question is to find an ‘anagram solver’ on-line (just look up that term in a search engine), and plug the word in.

But, for fun, let’s try doing it by hand. My method is generally to look for all words starting with each letter in order, and work up from one-letter to two-letter words, etc. (but inserting forms of the same word after their ‘root form’).

Here’s what I’ve got so far (something over 200 words. . . [update] over 300 now!):

do

dee, den, die, dim, din, dip, doe, doer, don, dot

deem, deep, deer, demo, dent, diet, dieter, dime, dimer, dine, diner, dint, dire, direr, dirt, dome, done, dope, doper, dopier, dorm, dormer, dote, doter, drip, drop

demon, demit, denim, deter, drone, droner, droop

demote, denier, denote, deport, domino

demerit

em, en

end, ender, eon, ere, (e’er), (e’en)

edit, editor, emit

enter, emend, emote, emoted

empire, emptied, emptier, entire, ermine

I

id, in, it

imp, imped, ion, ire, ired

into, iron, ironed

inept, inert, inter, import, imported

impede, impeder

me, mi, mo

men, met, mop

meet, mend, mender, mere, mete, meted, meter, mind, minder, mine, mined, miner, mint, minted, minter, mire, mired, mite, mode, mope, moped, mopier, more, mored, morn, mote

merit, merited, meter, metro, minor, minored, miter, mitered

mentor, mentored, meteor

no

net, nim, nip, nit, nod, nor, not

need, nerd, node, nope, note, noted, noter

O

on, or

ode, one, oner, ope, oped, opt, opted, ore

omen, omer, omit, open, opened, opener

opine, opined, orient, oriented

pe, pi

pee, peed, pen, per, pet, pie, pied, pin, pit, pod, pot, pro

peen, peer, pend, pended, pent, peon, perm, permed, pert, pier, pine, pined, pinier, pint, pinter, poem, poet, pond, pone, pore, pored, porn, port, ported, prim, prod, prom

peter, point, pointed, pointer, preen, pride, pried, prime, primed, primer, print, printed, prone

period, ponder, ponied

pretend, portend

re

red, rid, rim, rip, rod, roe, rot

redo, redone, reed, rend, rent, rented, ride, rime, rimed, rind, riot, rioted, ripe, ripen, ripened, rite, romp, romper, romped, rope, roped, rode, rote

remit, retie, retied, retro

remind, remote, repine, repined, report, reported

ti, to

tee, teed, ten, tie, tied, tin, tip, toe, toed, tom, ton, top

teen, tend, term, termed, tide, tier, tiered, time, timed, timer, tine, tire, tired, tome, tone, toned, toner, tonier, tore, torn, tree, treed, trim, trip, trod

tenor, tempo, tepid, trend, tried, tripe, tromp, tromped, trope

temper, tender, tinder

tone pone done rode tore more pore peer tier rite nide (a flock of pheasant) node mode dome redone pint dint dent pent trend rend end ion nor deer reed peen need dire ride pend tend pond mope ire die more pier tee teed pee peed tide edit emptied tied tired tree treed pie rid pied mere drip rip trip tripe rind rime per pot top opt opened open tone note toe toed

to name a few