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Example 8: Incremental shift alphabet series

Last Updated On: Sat Aug 29 2026

Given Series

  1. Given letter sequence: A, C, F, J, O, ?

Question

What is the missing letter in the sequence?

Answer

U.

Solution

  1. Convert letters to numerical ranks:
  2. A = 1
  3. C = 3 (+2)
  4. F = 6 (+3)
  5. J = 10 (+4)
  6. O = 15 (+5)
  7. The positional step increases by +1 at each stage (+2, +3, +4, +5, +6).
  8. Next position = 15 + 6 = 21.
  9. The 21st letter of the alphabet is U.
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