Thursday, 5 November 2015

pattern - What is a Viridescent 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 Viridescent Word™.


Use the following examples below to find the rule.


Viridescent Words


And, if you want to analyze, here is a CSV version:



Viridescent Words™,Not Viridescent Words™

Palped,Banana
Fancy,Explode
Remedial,Powerful
Enrage,Fleet
Email,Bound
Stamina,Glide
Hemiacetal,Tense
Matin,Relax
Violet,Antiquity
Aphoristic,Swell

Lathe,Burst
Soubriquet,Drawn
Indinavir,Disappear
Trove,Rush

Answer



Answer with the help of @Will, @M Oehm, @Glorfindel and me (Maria Deleva) :



Viridescent words contain shades of green plus one excess letter.
Extra viridescent words contain at least two shades of green.
Palped - apple

Fancy - cyan
Remedial - emerald, lime
Email -> lime
Hemiacetal - malachite, lime, teal
Enrage - green
Stamina - mantis, mint
Matin - mint
Violet - olive
Aphoristic - pistachio
Lathe - teal

Soubriquet = turquoise
Indinavir = viridian
Trove - vert (@RadoslavHristov)



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