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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 Perfect Word™.

Use the following examples below to find the rule.

PERFECT WORD™ NOT PERFECT WORD™
UNDERGROUND SUBWAY
AFTERSHAFT FEATHER
ENTERTAINMENT AMUSEMENT
IONIZATION NEUTRALIZATION
PHYTOGRAPHY BOTANY
CALENDRICAL PERIODICAL
REDECLARED REASSIGNED
TORMENTOR TORTURER
INGESTING CONSUMING
RESTORES REJUVENATES

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PERFECT WORD™, NOT PERFECT WORD™
UNDERGROUND, SUBWAY
AFTERSHAFT, FEATHER
ENTERTAINMENT, AMUSEMENT
IONIZATION, NEUTRALIZATION
PHYTOGRAPHY, BOTANY
CALENDRICAL, PERIODICAL
REDECLARED, REASSIGNED
TORMENTOR, TORTURER
INGESTING, CONSUMING
RESTORES, REJUVENATES
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    $\begingroup$ Aah interesting ^_^ $\endgroup$
    – ABcDexter
    Sep 26, 2016 at 14:39
  • $\begingroup$ I guess all the ™s are necessary? $\endgroup$
    – Mark Rogers
    Sep 26, 2016 at 19:25
  • $\begingroup$ @MarkRogers, it is a series of such puzzles. You can see the other of the same type by clicking on the tag [word-property] $\endgroup$
    – Maria Ivanova
    Sep 26, 2016 at 19:29
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    $\begingroup$ @MarkRogers The TM symbol primarily just artistic flair, with a meaning similar to double quotes (e.g. "Perfect Word"). The use of the symbol also hints that there is some property or method, defined by OP, that distinguishes the trademarked words from other words. The specific trade-name often provides a hint as to what this property or method is. (Note this all is my own speculation/observation, and should not be taken as hard facts.) $\endgroup$
    – Phlarx
    Sep 26, 2016 at 20:20
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    $\begingroup$ May I suggest renaming this as "Hotshot Words™" $\endgroup$
    – 000
    Sep 27, 2016 at 2:21

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A perfect word is

a word where the first three and the last three letters of the word are the same.

Example

und-ergro-und and aft-ersh-aft

How I found my answer

I first saw that every perfect word had at least twice the same two letter combination. After that I found out that it was a three letter combination at the start and end of the word.

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    $\begingroup$ I'm curious as to why the term Perfect is used for these words. $\endgroup$
    – yitzih
    Sep 26, 2016 at 17:30

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