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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| abide | x/  | Verb, Verb  | 
| accept | x/  | Verb, Adjective  | 
| accompany | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| accomplish | x/x  | Verb  | 
| ace | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| achieve | x/  | Verb  | 
| act | /  | Noun, Verb, Adverb  | 
| act out | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| action | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| actor | /x  | Noun  | 
| adopt | x/  | Verb  | 
| advancement | x/x  | Noun  | 
| advertisement | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| afford | x/  | Verb  | 
| amuse | x/  | Verb  | 
| amusement | x/x  | Noun  | 
| are | /  | Noun  | 
| assist | x/  | Verb, Noun  | 
| assume | x/  | Verb  | 
| athlete | /x  | Noun  | 
| attack | x/  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| backstop | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| ball | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| ballet | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| bandy | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| banging | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| bat | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| bear | /  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| beat | /  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| become | x/  | Verb  | 
| bet | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| bid | /  | Noun, Verb, Adverb  | 
| blitz | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| book | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| bout | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| bow | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| bowl | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| breeding | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| bring | /  | Verb  | 
| bugle | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| call | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| caper | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| carry | /x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| cartoon | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| catch | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| charade | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| cheek | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| child | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| chord | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| clarion | /xx  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| cleaning | /x  | Noun  | 
| clearance | /x  | Noun  | 
| clowning | /x  | Noun  | 
| club | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| coin | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| combo | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| comedy | /xx  | Noun  | 
| commercial | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| competition | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| complete | x/  | Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| completion | x/x  | Noun  | 
| comply | x/  | Verb  | 
| conduct | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| confront | x/  | Verb  | 
| contribute | x/x  | Verb  | 
| cope | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| coquetry | /xx  | Noun  | 
| court | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| cover | /x  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| cradle | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| crappy | /x  | Adjective  | 
| cricket | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| croquet | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| curl | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| current | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| dabble | /x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| dalliance | /xx  | Noun  | 
| dally | /x  | Name, Verb  | 
| debut | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| deck | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| delightful | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| deliver | x/x  | Verb, Adjective  | 
| develop | x/x  | Verb  | 
| devotional | x/xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| die | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| dime | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| discharge | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| display | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| doctor | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| doh | /  | Name  | 
| doing | /x  | Noun  | 
| down | /  | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| drama | /x  | Noun  | 
| dramatic | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| drum | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| duplicate | /xx  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| elizabethan | xxx/x  | Name, Adjective  | 
| enact | x/  | Verb  | 
| encounter | x/x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| engage | x/  | Verb  | 
| enjoy | x/  | Verb  | 
| enjoyment | x/x  | Noun  | 
| entertain | xx/  | Verb, Noun  | 
| entertainment | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| entire | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| execute | /xx  | Verb  | 
| exercise | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| exert | x/  | Verb  | 
| exhibit | x/x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| exit | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| exploit | /x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| face | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| face off | //  | Phrase, Noun, Verb  | 
| fiddle | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| fight | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| figure | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| fill | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| film | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| fireman | /x  | Noun  | 
| flip | /  | Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| flirt | /  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| follow | /x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| folly | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| fool | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| fool around | /x/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| footwork | /x  | Noun  | 
| foul | /  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| frame | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| free rein | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| frisk | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| frolic | /x  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| fulfil | x/  | Verb  | 
| fulfill | x/  | Verb  | 
| fulfilment | x/x  | Noun  | 
| fullback | /x  | Noun  | 
| fumble | /x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| fun | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| functioning | /xx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| gamble | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| game | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| game of chance | ///  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| gameplay | /x  | Noun  | 
| get | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| give | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| goal | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| golf | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| gospel | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| ground | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| half | /  | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb  | 
| ham | /  | Noun, Verb, Adverb  | 
| handle | /x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| have | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| help | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| hold | /  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| holiday | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| honour | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| horse | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| horse around | /x/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| house | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| huddle | /x  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| icing | /x  | Noun  | 
| impersonate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| implement | /xx  | Verb, Noun  | 
| improvisational | xxx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| indulgence | x/x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| inning | /x  | Noun  | 
| interplay | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| intervene | xx/  | Verb  | 
| invention | x/x  | Noun  | 
| involve | x/  | Verb  | 
| issue | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| jam | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| jazz | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| jeu | /  | Verb  | 
| keep | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| kid | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| killing | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| kindergarten | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| knock on | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| lark | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| lead | /  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| leisure | /x  | Noun  | 
| line | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| literary | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| liven | /x  | Verb  | 
| looseness | /x  | Noun  | 
| make | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| make for | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| maneuver | x/x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| manoeuvre | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| manuscript | /xx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| masquerade | xx/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| match | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| mate | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| meet | /  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| mess | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| mime | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| modulate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| morality play | x/xx/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| mousetrap | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| move | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| music | /x  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| musical | /xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| musical comedy | /xx/xx  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| nail | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| novel | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| objective | x/x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| obstruction | x/x  | Noun  | 
| occupy | /xx  | Verb, Noun  | 
| opera | /x  | Noun  | 
| operate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| over | /x  | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb  | 
| paddle | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| pantomime | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| parable | /xx  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| parody | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| part | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb  | 
| participate | x/xx  | Verb, Adjective  | 
| passion play | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| pen | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| perform | x/  | Verb  | 
| performance | x/x  | Noun  | 
| period | /xx  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| piece | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| pipe | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| place | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| play on | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| play out | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| playback | /x  | Noun  | 
| playbook | /x  | Noun  | 
| played | /  | Noun  | 
| player | /x  | Noun  | 
| playground | /x  | Noun  | 
| plaything | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| playtime | /x  | Noun  | 
| pleasure | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| ploy | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| poem | /x  | Noun  | 
| portray | x/  | Verb  | 
| pose | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| practise | /x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| prank | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| prelude | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| pretend | x/  | Verb, Adjective, Noun  | 
| propagating | /xxx  | Verb, Adjective, Noun  | 
| provide | x/  | Verb  | 
| pull | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| pun | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| pursue | x/  | Verb  | 
| put | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| putt | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| quarter | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| quarterback | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| quiz | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| rag | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| recapitulate | xx/xx  | Verb  | 
| recess | x/  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| recreate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| recreation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| reenact | xx/  | Verb  | 
| rein | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| render | /x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| repeat | x/  | Verb, Noun  | 
| replay | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| replicate | /xx  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| replication | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| represent | xx/  | Verb  | 
| reprise | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| reproduce | xx/  | Verb  | 
| reproduction | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| reproductive | xx/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| rest | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| risking | /x  | Noun  | 
| role | /  | Noun  | 
| romp | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| room | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb  | 
| round | /  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb  | 
| ruff | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| run | /  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| satisfy | /xx  | Verb  | 
| scene | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| school | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| seesaw | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| serve | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| set | /  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| shallow | /x  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| shimmer | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| shoot | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| shoulder | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| show | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| sing | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| skylark | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| slack | /  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb  | 
| sleep | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| sleight | /  | Noun  | 
| slur | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| sound off | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| spectacle | /xx  | Noun  | 
| spiel | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| spin | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| spoof | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| sport | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| stage direction | /x/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| stake | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| starred | /  | Adjective  | 
| start | /  | Verb, Noun, Adverb  | 
| strike up | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| stroke | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| suite | /  | Noun  | 
| support | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| take | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| take on | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| tarot | x/  | Noun  | 
| teasing | /x  | Noun  | 
| tee off | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| telling | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| theater | /xx  | Noun  | 
| theater of the absurd | /xx/xx/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| theatre | /xx  | Noun  | 
| theatrical | x/xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| throw | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| tightness | /x  | Noun  | 
| tongue | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| toss | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| touching | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| toy | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| trifle | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| turn | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| undertake | /xx  | Verb, Noun  | 
| unreal | x/  | Adjective  | 
| verse | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| volley | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| voucher | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| wager | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| walk | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| waltzed | /  | Verb  | 
| win | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| wordplay | /x  | Noun  | 
| work | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| wreak | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
