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def numWays( words, target):
    m, n, k, N = len(words), len(words[0]), len(target), 10**9 + 7
    Q  = [[0] * 26 for _ in range(n)]
    dp = [[0] * k for _ in range(n)]
    sp = [[0] * k for _ in range(n)]
    for i in range(n):
        for j in range(m):
            Q[i][ord(words[j][i]) - ord("a")] += 1

    dp[0][0] = sp[0][0] = Q[0][ord(target[0]) - ord("a")]
    
    for i in range(1, n):
        for j in range(k):
            if j > 0: dp[i][j] = Q[i][ord(target[j]) - ord("a")] * sp[i-1][j-1]
            else: dp[i][j] = Q[i][ord(target[j]) - ord("a")]
            sp[i][j] = (sp[i-1][j] + dp[i][j]) % N

    return sp[-1][-1] % N