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 has a certain property, I call it a Shifting Word™.
You can use the examples below to find the property:
Shifting™ | Not Shifting™ |
---|---|
ace | jack |
army | navy |
commute | common |
effort | stress |
egg | apple |
grumpy | sad |
influx | income |
Knox | fort |
moth | bug |
obey | allow |
solo | alone |
wonky | wobbly |
wrens | crows |
yolk | white |
Here's a CSV version:
ace,jack
army,navy
commute,common
effort,stress
egg,apple
grumpy,sad
influx,income
Knox,fort
moth,bug
obey,allow
solo,alone
wonky,wobbly
wrens,crows
yolk,white
Can you tell me the rule?
Hint 1:
Most of the Shifting Words™ are short. In fact, no English word (even an invented one!) may contain more than 7 letters. However, other languages like French, Russian, Thai etc. may possibly have longer words.