FunctionUp (FanPlay)
Y Combinator 2021 · Acquired Education functionup.org
A skill-tech platform that runs placement bootcamps
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Formerly FanPlay Technologirs, FanPlay Technologies, FanPlay
- Evocativity EVOC : yellow
- Function hints at technical skills and up at improvement
- Brevity BREV : red
- 17 letters, 5 syllables. Up to seven letters is green, eight at two syllables too; up to ten yellow, eleven or more red.
- Greppability GREP : green
- Found inside 0 other dictionary words.
- Googlability GOOG : green
- The complete dual-name phrase is distinctive
- Pronounceability PRON : green
- The familiar word parts read readily
- Spellability SPEL : red
- The alias and joining are difficult to recover by ear
- Verbability VERB : red
- The dual-name phrase does not form a natural training verb
- Nominology
- 45
- All seven dimensions and .com ownership, weighted as set out on Methodology.
- Fluency
- 60
- Brevity and pronounceability only: the subset with published outcome evidence behind it.
- PG grade
- 3 / 4
- Graham's own four-step ladder.
- Exact .com
- Not owned
- Shape
- phrase
- Length
- 20 chars, 5 syllables
- Distinctiveness
- suggestive
Watkins SCRATCH flags
- Annoying
- Spelling-challenged
Rubric version 2026.10.20-1, judged by gpt-6.1-sol (agent).
This scores the name only. See Methodology.
These judged dimensions came from an AI agent working through the judging queue in a chat, on the same rubric the scoring pipeline sends. The agent passed the calibration exam before its work was accepted, and each batch it judged hid two names with known answers as a check. The model is named as the agent reported it.