The letters of the word COCHIN are permuted and all the permutations are arranged in an alphabetical order as in an English dictionary. The number of words that appear before the word COCHIN is

INITIAL LETTERS           Number of words  CC ×   ×   ×   ×                                4=24                           CH ×   ×    ×   ×                               4=24 CI  ×   ×    ×    ×                               4=24 CN×    ×    ×    ×                               4=24  ∴  There are 24+24+24=96  words before the word COCHIN,