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You are given an array of equal-length strings words. Assume that the length of each string is n.

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Each string words[i] can be converted into a difference integer array difference[i] of length n - 1 where difference[i][j] = words[i][j+1] - words[i][j] where 0 <= j <= n - 2. Note that the difference between two letters is the difference between their positions in the alphabet i.e. the position of 'a' is 0, 'b' is 1, and 'z' is 25.

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All the strings in words have the same difference integer array, except one. You should find that string.

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Return the string in words that has different difference integer array.

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Example 1:

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\nInput: words = ["adc","wzy","abc"]\nOutput: "abc"\nExplanation: \n- The difference integer array of "adc" is [3 - 0, 2 - 3] = [3, -1].\n- The difference integer array of "wzy" is [25 - 22, 24 - 25]= [3, -1].\n- The difference integer array of "abc" is [1 - 0, 2 - 1] = [1, 1]. \nThe odd array out is [1, 1], so we return the corresponding string, "abc".\n
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Example 2:

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\nInput: words = ["aaa","bob","ccc","ddd"]\nOutput: "bob"\nExplanation: All the integer arrays are [0, 0] except for "bob", which corresponds to [13, -13].\n
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