Questions tagged [word-property]
For puzzles which ask the solver to determine a hidden property of certain words (or phrases), given a set of words with that property and usually also a set of words without it for comparison. Puzzles with this tag often have titles of the form "What is a [...] Word™?"
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An Era of Change
Despite their appearances, the following are not ways of change... at least, I hope not.
Kids shows (8+?)
Lizard (6+?)
Missiles group (5+?)
Body manipulator (4+?)
Bird (3+?)
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What is a Commutative 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 Commutative Word™.
Use ...
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What is an MM 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 an MM Word™.
Use the ...
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What is a BORE Word™? [duplicate]
In the spirit of the What is a Word™/Phrase™ series started by JLee, a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, we call it a BORE Word™.
Use the examples ...
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1answer
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What is a DD Word™?
In the spirit of the What is a Word™/Phrase™ series started by JLee, a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, we call it a DD Word™.
Use the examples below ...
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1answer
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What is an Infield-Fly Group™?
This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with Group version puzzles.
If a word could be measured with a specific metric, and the result could be separated into ...
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Eccentric keepers
There are four keepers in our fantastic creatures preserve who have certain preferences in the kinds of creatures they care for. Can you figure out what kind of creature is arriving soon?
Colleen
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Two Parts, Three Lines, Five Words
The Puzzle
Property reserved indisputably. Mystery expecting.
Nearly unbelievable! Most buzzwords excluded ruthlessly! So?
Ass subs cons, cost leg.
OP's Words
This puzzle may be too vague, or ...
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What is an Unlucky 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 an Unlucky Word™.
Use the ...
5
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1answer
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What is a Companion Score™?
This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with Score version puzzles.
If a word could be calculated score with a specific metric, I call the score as a Companion ...
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The Green Glass Door, Revisited
I'm sure you've all heard of the famed Green Glass Door:
A butterfly can go through the door, but a moth can't.
A sheep can go through the door, but a horse can't.
etc.
However, I have found a door ...
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What is a DeepWord™?
In the spirit of the What is a Word™/Phrase™ series started by JLee, a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a DeepWord™.
Use the examples below ...
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1answer
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What is a Taggy 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 Taggy Word™.
Use the ...
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Can you find the pattern behind the proposed letter grouping?
Can you complete these groups or identify the pattern behind?
Example 1:
Group A : {A,C,E,G,I,....}
Group B : {B,....}
Example 2:
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What is a Dial 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 Dial Word™.
Use the ...
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What is a Monolithic 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 Monolithic Word™.
Use ...
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Answer with an image of my favorite musician
Here are several pictures of things that are NOT my favorite musician. The next picture was supposed to be him, but I deliberately did not upload it. Now it's up to you to guess :)
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What is an R-complete Word™?
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it an R-complete Word™.
Use the examples below to find the rule.
$$
% set Title text. (spaces around the text ARE important; do not remove.)
% increase ...
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What do Abraham and Levi each like?
Abraham and Levi are two friends who like many of the same things, but sometimes their preferences can diverge. Given the examples below, determine what governs their curious differences of opinion.
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What is a Bedspread Word™?
In the spirit of the What is a Word™/Phrase™ series started by JLee, a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Bedspread Word™.
Use the following ...
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2answers
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What is a Valid 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 Valid Word™.
Use the ...
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1answer
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What is a Motley Word™?
In the spirit of the What is a Word™/Phrase™ series started by JLee, a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Motley Word™.
Use the following ...
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1answer
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What is a CirKle 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 CirKle Word™.
Use the ...
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1answer
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What is an Independent 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 an Independent Word™.
Use ...
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1answer
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What is a NaturaW 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 NaturaW Word™.
Use the ...
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0answers
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What is a Freecell 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 Freecell Word™.
Use the ...
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0answers
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What is a Macho 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 Macho Word™.
Use the ...
9
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1answer
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What is a Target 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 Target Word™.
Use the ...
9
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1answer
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What is a Human 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 Human Word™.
Use the ...
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1answer
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What is a Dominant Word™?
In the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee.
If a word conforms to a specific pattern, I call it a Dominant Word™. Use the words below to figure out the pattern!
(Pardon the ...
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What is a Casino 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 Casino Word™.
Use the ...
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1answer
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What is a Scott Word™?
In the spirit of the What is a Word™/Phrase™ series started by JLee, a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.Template taken from Rubio.
After seeing so many of these puzzles, I thought that it ...
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1answer
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What is a Swear Word™?
In the spirit of the What is a Word™/Phrase™ series started by JLee, a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.Template taken from Rubio.
[A break from the Piece de Resistance series, another one ...
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What are T Words and M Words?
I have two categories of English words. (Some English words are in neither category, and some are in both.) Use the examples below to determine the categories' membership criteria and explain the ...
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What is a Keyboard 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 Keyboard Word™.
Use the ...
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1answer
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What is a Check 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 Check Word™.
Use the ...
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1answer
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What is a Zirconium Word™?
This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee.
I copied the array code - hope you guys don't mind. =)
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Zirconium Word™.
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Properties: Left of the colon
Here are three short 'property' puzzles I wrote.
In each puzzle the words to the left of the colon all have a (non-trivial) property that the word to the right of the colon does not have. What is ...
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What is a Written 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 Written Word™.
Use the ...
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1answer
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What is a Mono 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 Mono Word™.
Use the ...
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2answers
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What is a Tetris 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 Tetris Word™.
Use the ...
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1answer
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What is a Fade 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 Fade Word™.
Use the ...
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What is a Trio 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 Trio Word™.
Use the ...
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What is a Building Block Word™?
In the spirit of the What is a Word™/Phrase™ series started by JLee, a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
Hopefully, after the considerable amount of these types of puzzles on this website, ...
7
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What is an Accessible Word? [duplicate]
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. I'm pretty sure this hasn't been done already.
If a word conforms to a ...
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What is a Mattering Word™?
Here are some examples of words I call Mattering Words™, and those that I do not call Mattering Words™. The Mattering Words™ I give are not the only examples of Mattering Words™; there are many more.
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What is a Waiting 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 Waiting Word™. Use the ...
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1answer
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What is an Ornament Word™?
In the spirit of the What is a Word™/Phrase™ series started by JLee, a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it an Ornament Word™. Use the ...
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1answer
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What is a Checkmate 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 Checkmate Word™.
Use ...
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What is a Union 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.
After a long period of division, tends to unite; After a long period of ...
