Query about question "A teacher is constructing a lottery game..." [1312]

https://www.gregmat.com/problems/quant?problem=a-teacher-is-constructing-a-lottery-game


Are they just using “letters” to throw you off? Typically if letters are discussed in a problem, I would assume there’s only 26 letters to choose from.

No.

No. We cannot assume that unless we are told to consider only the “English Alphabet”.