How many words can be formed from the letters of the word halftime so that the vowels never come together?

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How many words can be formed from the letters of the word "d a u g h t e r" so that the vowels never come together?

There are $3$ vowels and $5$ consonants. I first arranged $5$ consonants in five places in $5!$ ways. $6$ gaps are created. Out of these $6$ gaps, I selected $3$ gaps in ${}_6C_3$ ways and then made the vowels permute in those $3$ selected places in $3!$ ways. This leads me to my answer $5!\cdot {}_6C_3 \cdot 3! = 14400$.

The answer given in my textbook is $36000$. Which cases did I miss? What is wrong in my method?

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