The nine letters in the second word have 362,880 permutations, so a solution by brute force isn’t particularly workable. The bypass involves looking for unusual letters, preferably consonants, that occur infrequently, and trying to match these letters to one of the choices. For example, guessing the combination is a city and state, the X leads straight to NEW MEXICO, which makes it trivial to unscramble the name of the city: ROSWELL. Who said that silicon is faster than carbon?

Other useful rules: Q is always followed by U, and Y is frequently preceded by L in a final syllable. You can apply these facts to unscramble obscure combinations quickly, with minimal effort.