...and this, ladies and gentlemen, is why "security through obscurity" and attempting to do "clever things"™ when trying to secure your private keys is simply a "bad idea"™ 
As unfortunate as it is for OP, I hope that this might help persuade people who think that doing things like re-arranging 12/24 word seeds, or substituting words or using some other "clever" process to try an obfuscate their private keys/seeds etc is just not a great plan.
It should hopefully also act as a cautionary tale about leaving coins in wallets that you did not create yourself and/or have not "tested" the backup/recovery process.
As unfortunate as it is for OP, I hope that this might help persuade people who think that doing things like re-arranging 12/24 word seeds, or substituting words or using some other "clever" process to try an obfuscate their private keys/seeds etc is just not a great plan.
It should hopefully also act as a cautionary tale about leaving coins in wallets that you did not create yourself and/or have not "tested" the backup/recovery process.