Phone number appraisal rubric: how we score a number

The 100 points split into four parts: the area code carries 30, the pattern 40, spelling 20 and recall 10. Each rule appears below.

A score shown step by step

(212) 356-9377FLOWERS
Area code 21230/30
Pattern: none0/40
Spelling: FLOWERS20/20
Recall: 5 digits0/10

(212) 356-9377 scores 50 of 100: Premium. 212 is an original 1947 big-city code (30) and the last 7 digits spell FLOWERS (20), but they show no pattern (0) and use 5 different digits (0).

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