
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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Joe wants to find all the five-letter words that begin and end with the same letter, and none of the letters in the word can be 'E'. How many combinations of letters satisfy this property?

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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