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AIME 2003b Problem 3

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Define a good word\text{good~word} as a sequence of letters that consists only of the letters AA, BB, and CC - some of these letters may not appear in the sequence - and in which AA is never immediately followed by BB, BB is never immediately followed by CC, and CC is never immediately followed by AA. How many seven-letter good words are there?

Dataset text AIME 1983 to 2026. Quoted with source.

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