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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| rearward | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| back | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| frontwards | /x | Noun, Noun |
| forwards | /x | Noun, Adverb |
| sideways | /x | Adverb |
| sidewards | /x | Noun |
| downwards | /x | Noun, Adverb |
| outwards | /x | Noun, Adverb |
| reverse | x/ | Noun |
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| upwards | /x | Noun, Adverb |
| inwards | /x | Noun |
| straight | / | Adjective |
| tilts | / | Noun |
| leaning | /x | Verb |
| bends | / | Verb |
| horizontally | xx/xx | Adverb |
| rightward | /x | Adjective |
| leftward | /x | Adjective |
| awkwardly | /xx | Adverb |
| wrong | / | Adjective |
| crookedly | /xx | Adverb |
| clumsily | /xx | Adverb |
| towards | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| through | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| forth | / | Adverb |
| farther | /x | Adverb |
| westwards | /x | Noun |
| askew | x/ | Noun |
| diagonally | x/xxx | Adverb |
| downhill | // | Noun |
| crazily | /xx | Adverb |
| curving | /x | Verb |
| slowly | /x | Adverb |
| halfway | // | Adverb |
| parallel | /xx | Noun |
| eastwards | /x | Noun |
| onto | /x | Adjective |
| lurches | /x | Noun |
| hurtling | /x | Verb |
| purposefully | /xxx | Adverb |
| inexorably | x/xxx | Adverb |
| slightly | /x | Adverb |
| uphill | // | Adjective |
| stagger | /x | Noun, Verb |
| into | x/ | Noun |
| striding | /x | Verb |
| wildly | /x | Adverb |
| sliding | /x | Verb |
| clockwise | /x | Noun |
| inching | /x | Verb |
| blindly | /x | Adverb |
| correctly | x/x | Adverb |
| right | / | Noun |
| bouncing | /x | Noun |
| silly | /x | Adjective |
| vertically | /xx | Adverb |
| twisting | /x | Verb |
| skyward | /x | Adverb |
| rhythmically | /xx | Adverb |
| painfully | /xx | Adverb |
| smoothly | /x | Adverb |
| hind | / | Noun |
| backhanded | /xx | Adjective |
| backside | /x | Noun |
| inverse | x/ | Noun |
| subconscious | x/x | Adjective |
| opposite | /xx | Noun |
| converse | /x | Noun |
| inverted | x/x | Adjective |
| cross | / | Noun |
| sidelong | /xx | Adjective |
| upside down | /// | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective |
| symmetric | x/x | Adjective |
| opposed | x/ | Verb |
| obverse | x/ | Noun |
| counterclockwise | xx/x | Noun |
| south | / | Noun |
| regurgitant | x/xx | Noun |
| advance | x/ | Noun |
| upstream | // | Adjective |
| posterior | x/x | Adjective |
| selfsame | // | Adjective |
| returned | x/ | Verb |
| aforementioned | x/xx | Adjective |
| circular | /xx | Adjective |
| extrapolating | x/xxx | Verb |
| skating | /x | Verb |
| reeled | / | Verb |
| toppling | /xx | Verb |
| sways | / | Verb |
| counting | /x | Verb |
| sprawling | /x | Verb |
| arches | /x | Verb |
| rocking | /x | Verb |
| stumbles | /x | Verb |
| obliquely | x/x | Adverb |
| assaulting | x/x | Verb |
| restlessly | /xx | Adverb |
| medially | /xxx | Adverb |
| tumbled | /x | Verb |
| laterally | /xxx | Adverb |
| alternately | /xxx | Adverb |
| straddled | /x | Verb |
| tottered | /x | Verb |
| spelled | / | Verb |
| tipping | /x | Verb |
| propelling | x/x | Verb |
| aft | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| ago | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| ascending | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| astern | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| breaks | / | Verb, Noun |
| constrained | x/ | Adjective |
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| downstream | // | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| earlier | /xx | Adverb, Adjective |
| easier | /xx | Adverb |
| fig | / | Name, Verb |
| freer | /x | Noun |
| fro | / | Adverb, Noun |
| haphazard | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| iterative | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| past | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| previously | /xxx | Adverb |
| quickest | /x | Adverb |
| rear | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| regressive | x/x | Adjective |
| retroactively | xx/xx | Adverb |
| retrograde | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| retrospectively | xx/xx | Adverb |
| rounding | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| southwards | /x | Adverb |
| swing | / | Noun, Verb |
| third | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| tine | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| upside | // | Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
