What is a Watchful Word™?

Question

_{This puzzle is based on and inspired by the What is a Word™ series started by JLee that have grown into Word™, Phrase™, and Number™ puzzles.}

If a word conforms to a certain rule, I call it a Watchful Word™.

This is a list of Watchful Words™ and Not Watchful Words™.

Watchful Word™	Not Watchful Word™
Sinovac	Phizer
Paprika	Pepper
Mayonnaise	Mustard
Smart	Stupid
Horsepower	Watts
Nocturnal	Diurnal
Daughter	Son
Junior	Senior
Azerbaijan	Georgia
Lifeboat	Barge
Decrease	Increase

CSV:

Watchful Word™, Not Watchful Word™
Sinovac, Phizer
Paprika, Pepper
Mayonnaise, Mustard
Smart, Stupid
Horsepower, Watts
Nocturnal, Diurnal
Daughter, Son
Junior, Senior
Azerbaijan, Georgia
Lifeboat, Barge
Decrease, Increase

Hint:

The seventh is missing.

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 22 '21 at 09:26

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A Watchful Word is

One which contains a substring corresponding to the first three letters in the name of a month of the year

Examples

Sinovac
Paprika
Mayonnaise
Smart
Horsepower
Nocturnal
Daughter
Junior
Azerbaijan
Lifeboat
Decrease

Hint

No word with jul (corresponding to July, the seventh month) is listed

answered Dec 22 '21 at 09:26

hexomino

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Haha, you were ready for this question a long time (9 months) ago! :) – Stiv Dec 22 '21 at 09:38
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@Stiv Haha, I had actually forgotten about the fact that you used this feature. But yes, lifeboat was a huge beacon for me, here. – hexomino Dec 22 '21 at 10:53
Do we have a record for fastest solve?Accepting though there is still why they're named "Watchful". – Helix Quar Dec 22 '21 at 23:27

What is a Watchful Word™?

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