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(Wade's rewording)

There is a phrase that contains $4$ words and $22$ total letters (not counting the three spaces between the words). One letter appears four times, no letter appears three times, three letters appear twice, and $12$ letters appear once each. What is this phrase?

@@$$##&&&%%%%????????????

There are $4$ words and the & represents a whitespace.
@,#,\$,% represent one letter each ($4$ total letters).
Each ? represents one of the other $22$ letter of the alphabet ($12$ total letters).
$16$ different letters used.
ciphertext also needs to be rearranged - it is 'scrambled.'

How do I approach this?
Not looking for the answer really.
I just need a tool to unscramble the phrase and decrypt the ciphertext simultaneously.
Decrypto only does the later. Thank you.

@Noldorin: This is not homework. From elsewhere.

@Kenny: How are encryption/decryption methodologies not math? This is an applied math problem, whereas your preferences tend to be theoretical/ pure math?

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    "Please do my homework for me."2010-09-27
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    I'm not sure what the solution is, but perhaps if the problem were re-worded: There is a phrase that contains 4 words and 22 total letters (not counting the three spaces between the words). One letter appears four times, no letter appears three times, three letters appear twice, and 12 letters appear once each. What is this phrase?2010-09-27
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    I don't think it relates to mathematics at all.2010-09-27
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    @Shawn: (1) You can leave a comment. (2) Mathematics can only tell you there are 31144186832171212800000 possible phrases. To actually find the correct phrase you need to check up the dictionary. Finding anagram is not a math problem.2010-09-27
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    I used a script which was written by one of my Mystery Hunt teammates. However, I just tried the search over at wordsmith.org , and it handled the search just fine.2010-09-27
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    Indeed - This is more of a programming problem than anything else. Or a basic computer usage challenge if you're allowed to use the internet.2010-09-27

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