7, 6, 5, 3 6 5 4 8 8?
First reorder the columns to spell out a phrase matching the enumeration given.
Then adjust the letters in each column to spell words without changing the order of the letters in each column.
| BE | EF | IL | YC | HI | LL | SG | HO | ST | AN | DA | LM | OS | TS | HA | RE | WH | AT | WO | RD | PL | AY | PR | OP | ER | TY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K | N | O | B | S | D | O | O | R | W | A | Y | R | E | F | I | L | L | S | A | C | C | I | |||
| D | E | N | T | B | E | L | L | B | O | Y | R | E | F | L | U | X | I | N | S | I | S | T | |||
| F | I | R | S | T | L | Y | E | L | E | G | I | S | T | E | I | G | H | T | Y | G | A | ||||
| D | F | L | Y | E | G | G | N | O | G | C | E | N | T | U | R | Y | M | O | R | R | I | S | |||
| C | L | O | U | D | Y | C | E | R | V | I | X | A | N | C | H | O | V | Y | S | A | I | ||||
| L | O | R | S | H | I | L | L | T | O | P | S | C | H | I | M | N | E | Y | E | R | S | A | |||
| T | Z | B | E | H | I | N | D | S | F | L | O | R | I | S | T | C | O | F | F | I | N | S | |||
| F | L | U | M | M | O | X | A | B | S | E | N | T | L | A | D | D | E | R | S | D | E | ||||
| N | S | I | T | Y | T | H | I | R | S | T | Y | B | E | G | I | N | N | E | R | S |
Beefily, chills, ghost and almost are all words with their letters in alphabetical order. For each word in the dropquote, exactly one letter is out of order.
| B | KNOBS |
| A | DOORWAY |
| R | REFILLS |
| I | ACCIDENT |
| B | BELLBOY |
| R | REFLUX |
| I | INSIST |
| L | FIRSTLY |
| L | ELEGIST |
| I | EIGHTY |
| G | GADFLY |
| G | EGGNOG |
| R | CENTURY |
| I | MORRIS |
| D | CLOUDY |
| I | CERVIX |
| N | ANCHOVY |
| S | SAILORS |
| T | HILLTOPS |
| E | CHIMNEY |
| A | ERSATZ |
| D | BEHINDS |
| I | FLORIST |
| O | COFFINS |
| U | FLUMMOX |
| S | ABSENT |
| L | LADDERS |
| I | DENSITY |
| T | THIRSTY |
| E | BEGINNERS |
The out of order letters spell BARI, BRILLIG, GRID, INSTEAD, IOUS, and LITE