What is a Waterfall Word™?

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_{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 Waterfall Word™.

Use the following examples below to find the rule.

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

Waterfall Words™,Not Waterfall Words™
ANTACID,MEDICINE
BEAMED,SMILED
COSMOS,UNIVERSE
CRAMPS,PAIN
MEANT,IMPLIED
MEANY,BULLY
PANEL,FRAME
RABID,SICK
RAMPANT,WILD
SCRAM,GET
TACOS,CHIPS
TAXES,FINES
VISCUS,VISCERA
WAVY,BUMPY

score 22 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 19 '16 at 16:00

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Waterfall words run down the keyboard (using qwerty layout), so a letter from the top row is followed by one from the middle row, then one from the bottom row, looping as needed.

answered Oct 19 '16 at 16:00

Matthew

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That was quick! – Beastly Gerbil Oct 19 '16 at 16:02
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I blame having a baby sitting on one hand! – Matthew Oct 19 '16 at 16:03
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OP should repost this question, with the examples in Dvorak, and see how long it takes then. – Cody Oct 19 '16 at 22:01
@Cody It took about 19 hours – Engineer Toast Dec 07 '21 at 13:03

What is a Waterfall Word™?

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