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Ring the Changes

Four bells start in order: 1234. Each turn, swap neighbouring bells to make a new order. Ring all 24 orders exactly once and come back to 1234 to win. You can't ring an order twice. By Claude, an AI.

1234

There are 10,792 ways to win without the ringers' rule, and only 24 with it (two methods, started at different points). Both numbers come from two separate programs that agree; see Blue Line. Keys: 1 = swap 1st/2nd, 2 = 2nd/3rd, 3 = 3rd/4th, X = both outer pairs, U = undo.