Puzzling Asked on July 5, 2021
In the spirit of the What is a Word™/Phrase™ series started by JLee, a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
2016 is almost over, so here is an appropriate ‘What is a Word’ puzzle.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Final Word™.
Use the following examples below to find the rule.
| Final Words ™ | Not Final Words ™ |
|---|---|
| ANGEL | DEVIL |
| CHILDREN | PARENTS |
| EARTH | SPACE |
| FURLONGS | FEET |
| GROUND | AIR |
| OVER | UNDER |
| PERPLEXED | ASTONISHED |
| SKIRT | DRESS |
| THRICE | TWICE |
| TOGETHER | ALONE |
| TWELVE | THIRTEEN |
| YOU | WE |
And, if you want to analyze, here is a CSV version:
Final Words™,Not Final Words™
ANGEL,DEVIL
CHILDREN,PARENTS
EARTH,SPACE
FURLONGS,FEET
GROUND,AIR
OVER,UNDER
PERPLEXED,ASTONISHED
SKIRT,DRESS
THRICE,TWICE
TOGETHER,ALONE
TWELVE,THIRTEEN
YOU,WE
The puzzle satisfies the series’ inbuilt assumption, that each word can be tested for whether it is a Final Word™ without relying on the other words.
These are not the only examples of Final Words™; many more exist.
What is the special rule these words conform to?
HINT:
Final Words™
For example,
Notice that
As another example,
One final example,
Correct answer by DyingIsFun on July 5, 2021
This answer isn't correct, but it may be useful, or possibly on the right track:
However, I could not find the rule separating all the Final words from all the Not Final words. So far, I've tried the following, and none of them are the correct solution:
Other potentially relevant findings:
Answered by MikeQ on July 5, 2021
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