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 Uptight Word™.
Composed Words™ are not Uptight Words™.
Use the following examples below to find the rule.
Here they are in a CSV format:
UPTIGHT WORDS™,COMPOSED WORDS™
ABASHED,ANGRY
BRAZEN,CALM
CRAZY,COMPOSED
EXCITED,COOL
EASY,FURIOUS
FIERCE,HALCYON
HUSHED,MAD
MILD,NERVOUS
PLACID,RELAXED
ROUSED,RUFFLED
SEDATE,SERENE
TENSE,UNCOOL
UPTIGHT,VIOLENT
WORRIED,WILD
Answer
An Uptight Word™ is a word ...
... whose Scrabble score is a prime number.
Conversely, a Composed Word™ ...
... has a non-prime or composite Scrabble score: The score is composed of several factors.
Evidence section:
ABASHED: 13 ANGRY: 9
BRAZEN: 17 CALM: 8
CRAZY: 19 COMPOSED: 15
EXCITED: 17 COOL: 6
EASY: 7 FURIOUS: 10
FIERCE: 11 HALCYON: 15
HUSHED: 13 MAD: 6
MILD: 7 NERVOUS: 10
PLACID: 11 RELAXED: 15
ROUSED: 7 RUFFLED: 14
SEDATE: 7 SERENE: 6
TENSE: 5 UNCOOL: 8
UPTIGHT: 13 VIOLENT: 10
WORRIED: 11 WILD: 8
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