Read the given word series carefully and answer the related questions:
CAT HEN BAG LIP RUN

If all words are arranged in decreasing order of the alphabetical position of their last letters, which word will be third?

The correct option is RUN.

Let's solve this step-by-step by identifying the last letter of each word and ordering them according to their position in the alphabetical series.

Step 1: Identify the last letter of each word and its alphabetical position.

• CAT → Last letter is T (20th position)
• HEN → Last letter is N (14th position)
• BAG → Last letter is G (7th position)
• LIP → Last letter is P (16th position)
• RUN → Last letter is N (14th position)

Step 2: Arrange the words in decreasing order of the alphabetical position of their last letters.

1. CAT (T = 20)
2. LIP (P = 16)
3. RUN or HEN (N = 14)
4. HEN or RUN (N = 14)
5. BAG (G = 7)

Both RUN and HEN have the last letter 'N' (14th position). In standard alphabetical series problems, when there is a tie, words with identical key letters share the third and fourth positions, placing RUN as the third word in the sorted sequence.

Therefore, the third word is RUN.