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Based on the What is a Word/Phrase™,


If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Scanning Word™.

Use the following examples below to find the rule.

Scanning Words™ Not Scanning Words™
SECT BLANK
QUIP SWEAT
WET SEEN
DRIP LUMP
SCRUM RAM
DRY BEER
AIL PINES
THUMP STINK
DRUM FAIL
BUMP HEAL

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CSV version:

Scanning Words™,Not Scanning Words™
SECT,BLANK
QUIP,SWEAT
WET,SEEN
DRIP,LUMP
SCRUM,RAM
DRY,BEER
AIL,PINES
THUMP,STINK
DRUM,FAIL
BUMP,HEAL

And no, it is not the font.


This is my first try on What is a Word™/Phrase™, please let me know on how to improve.

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    $\begingroup$ Just to point out, that is not CSV. $\endgroup$ May 7, 2018 at 16:19

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A Scanning Word™ is a word that

is typed strictly from left to right on a standard QWERTY keyboard layout (in roughly hexagonal key positions). SCRUM disambiguates the very close C and R, which allows us to infer the correct order. SEEN suggests that repeated letters are disallowed. More precisely, any subsequence of "QAZWSXEDCRFVTGBYHNUJMIKOLP".

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