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2003 AIME II Question 3

AIME · 2003 AIME II

Question 3

Define a *good word* as a sequence of letters that consists only of the letters $A,$ $B,$ and $C$ — some of these letters may not appear in the sequence — and in which $A$ is never immediately followed by $B,$ $B$ is never immediately followed by $C,$ and $C$ is never immediately followed by $A.$ How many seven-letter good words are there?