Wednesday, January 11, 2017

pattern - What is an Uptight™ 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 Uptight Word™.
Composed Words™ are not Uptight Words™.


Use the following examples below to find the rule.


Example words picture


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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