# What is a Damn Dorothy Word™?

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 Damn Dorothy Word™.

Use the following examples below to find the rule:

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

Damn Dorothy Words™,Not Damn Dorothy Words™
AIM,PUN
FLYBY,FLAG
GOURD,JOINT
PYX,SIX
RUSK,FUME
TEE,TOY
WORK,QUIT

• three in a row? :/ – lois6b Oct 25 '16 at 6:07
• I thought there is a 20 minute cooldown period network-wide for asking questions. Obviously I was wrong. – Matsmath Oct 25 '16 at 6:13
• Solving the title will give you a hint: (4, 3) – paolo Oct 25 '16 at 8:51
• Something related to Dorothy Adams? :-/ – Techidiot Oct 25 '16 at 9:21

A Damn Dorothy Word™ is a word ...

... whose representation in Morse code uses only letters with the same number of signals. For example, AIM is .- .. -- and the Morse codes for the letters A, I and M all have two signals. (Here, a signal is either a dot or a dash.) Conversely, the letters of Not Damn Dorothy Words™ have varying signal lengths in Morse code.

They are called Damn Dorothy Words™, because ...

... "Damn Dorothy!" could be rephrased to "Dash Dot!". (The OP hints at this in a comment and helpfully provides the letter emuneration.) This does not define the characteristics, but hints at Morse code.

Evidence section:

AIM     ·- ·· --FLYBY   ··-· ·-·· -·-- -··· -·--GOURD   --· --- ··- ·-· -··MAN     -- ·- -·PYX     ·--· -·-- -··-RUSK    ·-· ··- ··· -·-TEE     - · ·WORK    ·-- --- ·-· -·-PUN     ·--· ··- -·FLAG    ··-· ·-·· ·- --·JOINT   ·--- --- ·· -· -BAD     -··· ·- -··SIX     ··· ·· -··-FUME    ··-· ··- -- ·TOY     - --- -·--QUIT    --·- ··- ·· -

• Can you explain how (4,3) gives Dash Dot? :-/ – Techidiot Oct 25 '16 at 11:05
• @Techidiot: (4, 3) is only the enumeration of letters in the answer, as is seen in crossword puzzles. Dash! and Damn! are expletives and Dot is a name given to women called Dorothy, so "Damn Dorothy" becomes "Dash Dot". The OP says that there is a hint in the title and then provides the enumeration. – M Oehm Oct 25 '16 at 11:11