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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 Symbiotic Word™.

Use the examples below to find the rule.

Symbiotic Words™ Not Symbiotic Words™
GOOGOL THOUSAND
POKEMON NINTENDO
ANIMAL HUMAN
DESK TABLE
TEXTURE MATERIAL
DEPENDENT INDEPENDENT
EMPIRE KINGDOM
DEFENSE OFFENSE
SERIES PARALLEL
FAMILIAR UNFAMILIAR

CSV Version:

Symbiotic Words™,Not Symbiotic Words™
GOOGOL,THOUSAND
POKEMON,NINTENDO
ANIMAL,HUMAN
DESK,TABLE
TEXTURE,MATERIAL
DEPENDENT,INDEPENDENT
EMPIRE,KINGDOM
DEFENSE,OFFENSE
SERIES,PARALLEL
FAMILIAR,UNFAMILIAR

These are not the only examples of Symbiotic Words™, many more exist.

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A word is Symbiotic™ if it

has one or more vowels,

and

taken as a sequence, the vowels form a palindrome.

For example, REIFIED is Symbiotic™

because the vowels are EIIE, a palindrome,

while REIFY is not,

because the vowels are EI, which is not a palindrome.

The words are called Symbiotic™ because

the vowels in SYMBIOTIC, IOI, form a palindrome of the kind indicated.

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  • $\begingroup$ Correct! Great job! $\endgroup$
    – Oliver Ni
    Dec 14, 2016 at 2:34

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