http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10199927/find-chars-in-any-order-in-sql-server

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DECLARE @t AS TABLE (search varchar(100));
INSERT INTO @t VALUES ('avi');

DECLARE @words AS TABLE (word varchar(100));
INSERT INTO @words VALUES ('avion'), ('iva'), ('name');

with cte as
(
  select substring(search, 1, 1) as letter,
         stuff(search, 1, 1, '') as search,
         1 as RowID
  from @t
  union all
  select substring(search, 1, 1) as letter,
         stuff(search, 1, 1, '') as search,
         RowID + 1 as RowID
  from cte
  where len(search) > 0
)
,letters AS (
  SELECT DISTINCT letter FROM cte
)
SELECT words.word
FROM letters
INNER JOIN @words AS words
    ON CHARINDEX(letter, word) > 0
GROUP BY words.word
HAVING COUNT(*) = (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM letters)

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