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This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.

If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a CirKle Word™.
Use the following examples below to find the rule.

CirKle Words™ Not CirKle Words™
WED FRI
LAB OFFICE
HOT COLD
MIDI USB
CAR BIKE
RED BLUE
ARE WERE
EARED EARING
BAD GOOD
BIG SMALL

And, if you want to analyze, here is a CSV version:

CirKle Words™,Not CirKle Words™
WED,FRI
LAB,OFFICE 
HOT,COLD 
MIDI,USB 
CAR,BIKE 
RED,BLUE 
ARE,WERE 
EARED,EARING 
BAD,GOOD 
BIG,SMALL
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    $\begingroup$ why are all the words so short?? $\endgroup$
    – Omega Krypton
    Commented Aug 23, 2019 at 10:16
  • $\begingroup$ @OmegaKrypton Check the answer you'll find why :P $\endgroup$
    – Conifers
    Commented Aug 24, 2019 at 3:24

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It seems like all CirKle words

When written as numbers (A=1, B=2, etc.) appear in the first 1000 digits of $\pi$.

Example

$WED \rightarrow (23,5,4) \rightarrow 2354$ and the digits $2354$ appear in that order in the first 1000 digits of

$\pi = $3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510
        58209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679
        82148086513282306647093844609550582231725359408128
        48111745028410270193852110555964462294895493038196
        44288109756659334461284756482337867831652712019091
        45648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273
        72458700660631558817488152092096282925409171536436
        78925903600113305305488204665213841469519415116094
        33057270365759591953092186117381932611793105118548
        07446237996274956735188575272489122793818301194912
        98336733624406566430860213949463952247371907021798
        60943702770539217176293176752384674818467669405132
        00056812714526356082778577134275778960917363717872
        14684409012249534301465495853710507922796892589235
        42019956112129021960864034418159813629774771309960
        51870721134999999837297804995105973173281609631859
        50244594553469083026425223082533446850352619311881
        71010003137838752886587533208381420617177669147303
        59825349042875546873115956286388235378759375195778
        18577805321712268066130019278766111959092164201989

Meaning of the name

$\pi$ is the constant associated with the circle (ratio of circumference to diameter) and $K$ is synonymous with $1000$.

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  • $\begingroup$ Uh, how did you find this out? $\endgroup$
    – justhalf
    Commented Dec 17, 2021 at 5:21
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    $\begingroup$ @justhalf I developed on a hunch after seeing the answer to this question $\endgroup$
    – hexomino
    Commented Dec 17, 2021 at 9:01
  • $\begingroup$ Ah, and there are more hints there. Makes sense. $\endgroup$
    – justhalf
    Commented Dec 17, 2021 at 13:26

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