# or even shorter, but perhaps a bit unreadable:
$wordfreq{$_} for (@phrase);

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$wordfreq{$_}++ for (@phrase);

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s**lil*;  $*=join'',sort split q**;  s;.*;grr; &&s+(.(.)).+$2$1+; $; =
qq-$_-;s,.*,ahc,;$,.=chop for split q,,,reverse;print for($,,$;,$*,$/)