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What is a Fortunate Word™?

Puzzling Asked on February 1, 2021

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 Fortunate Word™.
Use the following examples below to find the rule.

Fortunate Words™ Not Fortunate Words™
MY OUR
NOW AGO
CAR OIL
SINK SAIL
REAL HOAX
NUTTY CHEWY
SHEEP GOATS
BLAME ACCUSE
EIGHTH FOURTH
GLANCE VISION
YELLOW ORANGE
PARCEL PACKAGE
PROTECT ASSAULT
CLUSTER COMPLEX
DECREASE INCREASE
EXERCISE FEEDBACK
TREATMENT OPERATION
PRINCIPLE PRINCIPAL
REPEATEDLY CONTINUOUS
CENTERFOLDS* SUPERMODELS
ENTREPRENEUR PROFESSIONAL
DISTRESSINGLY* UNFORTUNATELY

                                        * These are Very Fortunate Words™

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

Fortunate Words™,Not Fortunate Words™
MY,OUR
NOW,AGO
CAR,OIL
SINK,SAIL
REAL,HOAX
NUTTY,CHEWY
SHEEP,GOATS
BLAME,ACCUSE
EIGHTH,FOURTH
GLANCE,VISION
YELLOW,ORANGE
PARCEL,PACKAGE
PROTECT,ASSAULT
CLUSTER,COMPLEX
DECREASE,INCREASE
EXERCISE,FEEDBACK
TREATMENT,OPERATION
PRINCIPLE,PRINCIPAL
REPEATEDLY,CONTINUOUS
CENTERFOLDS*,SUPERMODELS
ENTREPRENEUR,PROFESSIONAL
DISTRESSINGLY*,UNFORTUNATELY

The puzzle satisfies the series’ inbuilt assumption, that each word can be tested for whether it is a Fortunate Word™ without relying on the other words.
These are not the only examples of Fortunate Words™; many more exist.

What is the special rule these words conform to?

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One Answer

A Fortunate Word is

Not Fortunate Words

Very Fortunate words

October 1988

Answered by kayzeroshort on February 1, 2021

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