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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| above | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| accident | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| accurate | /xx | Adjective |
| actual | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| afraid | x/ | Adjective |
| afterlife | /xx | Noun |
| against | x/ | Noun |
| agonising | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| agony | /xx | Noun |
| agreed | x/ | Adjective |
| algorithmic | /xxx | Adjective |
| alive | x/ | Adjective |
| allow | x/ | Verb |
| anew | x/ | Adverb |
| annihilation | xxx/x | Noun |
| apoptosis | xx/x | Noun |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| arid | /x | Adjective |
| aristotelian | xxx/xx | Adjective, Name |
| assassination | xxx/x | Noun |
| assignment | x/x | Noun |
| atypical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| awful | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| bad luck | // | Phrase, Noun |
| badly | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| batch | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| beat | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| because | x/ | Adverb |
| become | x/ | Verb |
| before | x/ | Adverb |
| belief | x/ | Noun |
| below | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| bereavement | x/x | Noun |
| besides | x/ | Adverb |
| best | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| beyond | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| bigger | /x | Verb, Noun |
| biggie | /x | Noun |
| birth | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| black | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| blood | / | Noun, Verb |
| buddhist | /x | Name, Adjective |
| burial | /xx | Noun |
| bury | /x | Verb, Noun |
| busted | /x | Adjective |
| but | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| calamity | x/xx | Noun |
| calling | /x | Noun |
| capital | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| captivity | x/xx | Noun |
| carrion | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| casualties | /xxx | Noun |
| catastrophe | x/xx | Noun |
| chance | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| charm | / | Noun, Verb |
| circumstance | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| combinatorial | x/x/xx | Adjective |
| commonplace | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| compare | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| comparison | x/xx | Noun |
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective |
| condition | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| consequences | /xxx | Noun |
| consignment | x/x | Noun |
| coroner | /xx | Noun |
| corpse | / | Noun, Verb |
| corrupt | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| cremation | x/x | Noun |
| crucifixion | xx/x | Noun |
| culmination | xx/x | Noun |
| curse | / | Noun, Verb |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| darker | /x | Noun |
| day of reckoning | ///xx | Phrase, Noun |
| dead | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| deadly | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| deaths | / | Noun |
| decease | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| decreed | x/ | Adjective |
| deeper | /x | Adjective |
| defying | x/x | Verb, Adjective |
| deliverance | x/xx | Noun |
| demise | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| denouement | xx/ | Noun |
| departure | x/x | Noun |
| deplorable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| descend | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| designate | /xx | Verb, Adjective |
| despite | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| destination | xx/x | Noun |
| destinies | /xx | Noun |
| destruction | x/x | Noun |
| devil | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dialogue | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| difference | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| disappearance | xx/x | Noun |
| disappearing | xx/x | Noun |
| disaster | x/x | Noun |
| dismemberment | x/xx | Noun |
| disposition | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| distressing | x/x | Adjective |
| dog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| doom | / | Noun, Verb |
| doomsday | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| dot | / | Noun, Verb |
| doth | / | Verb, Noun |
| downfall | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dread | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| duty | /x | Noun |
| eclipse | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| else | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| embarrassing | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| enable | x/x | Verb |
| end | / | Noun, Verb |
| eventuality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| evolution | xx/x | Noun |
| except | x/ | Verb |
| executed | /xxx | Adjective |
| execution | xx/x | Noun |
| exhaustion | x/x | Noun |
| exit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| expiration | xx/x | Noun |
| extermination | xxx/x | Noun |
| extinction | x/x | Noun |
| extirpation | /xxx | Noun |
| extrajudicial | xxx/x | Adjective |
| failure | /x | Noun |
| faith | / | Noun, Adverb |
| far | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| fatal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| fatalism | /xxx | Noun |
| fatalities | x/xx | Noun |
| fated | /x | Adjective |
| father | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fewer | /x | Adjective |
| finality | x/xx | Noun |
| finish | /x | Verb, Noun |
| following | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| footing | /x | Noun |
| fortune | /x | Noun, Verb |
| from | / | Verb |
| fruition | x/x | Noun |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| funeral | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| future | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| god | / | Name, Verb |
| going | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| goner | /x | Noun |
| good luck | // | Phrase, Noun |
| goon | / | Noun, Verb |
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| greater | /x | Adjective |
| greatly | /x | Adverb |
| grief | / | Noun, Verb |
| grim | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| grim reaper | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| harder | /x | Noun |
| harsher | /x | Adjective |
| has | / | Adjective |
| hast | / | Noun |
| hath | / | Noun |
| heartbreaking | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| heaven | /x | Noun, Verb |
| heavier | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| hex | / | Noun, Verb |
| higher | /x | Noun, Verb |
| homelessness | /xx | Noun |
| homicide | /xx | Noun |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| how | / | Adverb, Noun |
| hungry | /x | Adjective |
| if | / | Noun |
| ill | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| impaired | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| imposition | xx/x | Noun |
| inevitability | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| inferior | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| infidel | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| inside | x/ | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| integrity | x/xx | Noun |
| intended | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| invisible | x/xx | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| irrevocably | x/xxx | Adverb |
| james | / | Name |
| jesus | /x | Name, Verb |
| jinx | / | Noun, Verb |
| just | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| karma | /x | Noun |
| kill | / | Verb, Noun |
| killer | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| kind | / | Noun, Adjective |
| kismet | /x | Noun |
| larger | /x | Adjective |
| last | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| least | / | Adverb, Noun |
| let | / | Verb, Noun |
| lethality | x/xx | Noun |
| life | / | Noun, Verb |
| location | x/x | Noun |
| loss | / | Noun, Verb |
| lot | / | Noun, Verb |
| lottery | /xx | Noun |
| love | / | Noun, Verb |
| lower | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| luck | / | Noun, Verb |
| lucy | /x | Name |
| lurch | / | Noun, Verb |
| makes | / | Verb |
| malate | /x | Noun |
| manner | /x | Noun |
| martyrdom | /xx | Noun |
| martyred | /x | Verb |
| misfortune | x/x | Noun |
| model | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| momentous | x/x | Adjective |
| more | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| morrow | /x | Noun, Verb |
| mort | / | Noun |
| mortal | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| mortality | x/xx | Noun |
| murdering | /xx | Noun |
| name | / | Noun, Verb |
| nativity | x/xx | Noun |
| necrosis | x/x | Noun |
| nemesis | /xx | Noun |
| never | /x | Adverb |
| nightmarish | /xx | Adjective |
| not | / | Adverb, Noun |
| nothing | /x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| o | x | Noun, Adjective |
| older | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| once | / | Adverb, Noun |
| only | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| or | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| other | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| outcome | /x | Noun |
| outside | // | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| overthrow | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| pain | / | Noun, Verb |
| parcel | /x | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| parched | / | Adjective |
| passing | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| penalty | /xx | Noun |
| perceive | x/ | Verb |
| perished | /x | Verb |
| perplexing | x/x | Adjective |
| pitch | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| pity | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pivotal | /xx | Adjective |
| place | / | Noun, Verb |
| pleasanter | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| plight | / | Noun, Verb |
| poorer | /x | Adjective |
| portion | /x | Noun, Verb |
| postmortem | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| precise | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| predicament | x/xx | Noun |
| present | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| providence | /xx | Noun |
| prudence | /x | Noun |
| punishment | /xx | Noun |
| purpose | /x | Noun, Verb |
| randomized | /xx | Adjective |
| rank | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| rather | /x | Adverb, Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| reaper | /x | Noun |
| receiving | x/x | Noun |
| relative | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| release | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| religion | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| report | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| rest | / | Noun, Verb |
| retribution | xx/x | Noun |
| sad | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| same | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| sanction | /x | Noun, Verb |
| satan | /x | Name |
| scope | / | Noun, Verb |
| seems | / | Verb |
| sentence | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sequel | /x | Noun |
| shakespeare | /x | Name |
| shall | / | Verb |
| shame | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| shipment | /x | Noun |
| shipwreck | /x | Noun, Verb |
| shot | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| sir | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| situation | xx/x | Noun |
| slain | / | Noun |
| slaughterhouse | /xx | Noun |
| sleep | / | Noun, Verb |
| sorrow | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sort | / | Noun, Verb |
| spell | / | Noun, Verb |
| standstill | /x | Noun |
| stations | /x | Noun |
| status | /x | Noun |
| stead | / | Noun, Verb |
| stoical | /xx | Adjective |
| stressful | /x | Adjective |
| stronger | /x | Adjective |
| structure | /x | Noun, Verb |
| success | x/ | Noun |
| suffocation | xx/x | Noun |
| suicide | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| sum | / | Noun, Verb |
| sure | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| survivor | x/x | Noun |
| tan | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| target | /x | Noun, Verb |
| term | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| that | / | Adverb, Noun |
| the | x | Adverb, Noun |
| then | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| think | / | Verb, Noun |
| this | / | Adverb, Noun |
| those | / | |
| though | / | Adverb |
| tod | / | Name, Verb |
| today | x/ | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| toll | / | Noun, Verb |
| tomb | / | Noun, Verb |
| tomorrow | x/x | Noun, Adverb |
| tops | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| tougher | /x | Adjective |
| tragic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| treatment | /x | Noun |
| trouble | /x | Noun, Verb |
| truckload | /x | Noun |
| undead | xx | Noun, Adjective |
| under | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| undoing | x/x | Noun |
| unless | x/ | Noun |
| unlike | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| unsettling | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| versus | /x | Noun |
| victims | /x | Noun |
| warrant | /x | Noun, Verb |
| way | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective |
| weaker | /x | Adjective |
| what | / | Adverb, Noun |
| when | / | Adverb, Noun |
| whereabouts | /xx | Noun, Adverb |
| whereas | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| whom | / | Noun |
| wish | / | Verb, Noun |
| with | / | Adverb, Noun |
| without | x/ | Adverb |
| worrisome | /xx | Adjective |
| worsened | /x | Adjective |
| worth | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| wrenching | /x | Noun |
