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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| happen | /x | Verb |
| afflict | x/ | Verb |
| occur | x/ | Verb |
| ensue | x/ | Noun |
| transpire | x/x | Verb |
| calamity | x/xx | Noun |
| misfortune | x/x | Noun |
| arise | x/ | Verb |
| plaguing | /x | Verb |
| beset | x/ | Verb |
| fated | /x | Adjective |
| engulf | x/ | Verb |
| unfold | x/ | Verb |
| foreseen | x/ | Verb |
| harm | / | Noun |
| ruination | /x/x | Noun |
| catastrophe | x/xx | Noun |
| inflicted | x/x | Verb |
| overtake | /xx | Verb |
| perpetrated | /xxx | Verb |
| averted | x/x | Verb |
| foretell | x/ | Verb |
| caused | / | Verb |
| ruin | /x | Noun |
| imperil | x/x | Verb |
| devastate | /xx | Verb |
| portend | x/ | Verb |
| mishaps | /x | Noun |
| prevail | x/ | Verb |
| affecting | x/x | Verb |
| pervade | x/ | Verb |
| wrought | / | Adjective |
| presage | /x | Noun |
| prevented | x/x | Verb |
| eventuality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| threaten | /x | Verb |
| offing | /x | Noun |
| disasters | x/x | Noun |
| assail | x/ | Verb |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| tribulations | xx/x | Noun |
| misadventure | xx/x | Noun |
| await | x/ | Verb |
| circumstance | /xx | Noun |
| forestalled | x/ | Verb |
| inevitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| precede | x/ | Verb |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| assuredly | x/xx | Adverb |
| outlive | x/ | Verb |
| abound | x/ | Verb |
| come | / | Verb |
| afoot | x/ | Adverb |
| torment | /x | Noun |
| afflictions | x/x | Noun |
| perchance | x/ | Adverb |
| tragedies | /xx | Noun |
| fall on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| fall upon | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fall | / | Noun |
| call | / | Noun |
| take | / | Verb |
| come over | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| succumb | x/ | Verb |
| catch | / | Noun |
| fall over | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| fall into | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| overcome | /xx | Verb |
| avalanche | /xx | Noun |
| wash over | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| fall down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| come by | // | Phrase, Verb |
| find | / | Verb |
| get to | // | Phrase, Verb |
| bump into | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| stumble across | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fall sick | // | Phrase, Verb |
| fall in | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| overwhelm | xx/ | Verb |
| fall back upon | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| take by storm | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| trip up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| come upon | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| stumble | /x | Noun |
| descend upon | x/xx | Phrase, Verb |
| woe | / | Adverb |
| aught | / | Noun |
| adversities | x/xx | Noun |
| good | / | Adverb |
| imprudence | x/x | Noun |
| ills | / | Noun |
| evil | /x | Noun |
| desist | x/ | Verb |
| curses | /x | Noun |
| miseries | /xx | Noun |
| augury | /xx | Noun |
| chance | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| companions | x/x | Verb |
| deceiver | x/x | Noun |
| doth | / | Verb, Noun |
| hap | / | Name, Verb |
| has | / | Verb |
| hast | / | Noun |
| hath | / | Noun |
| hit | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| luck | / | Noun, Verb |
| omen | /x | Noun, Verb |
| plight | / | Noun, Verb |
| repute | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| stead | / | Noun, Verb |
| tidings | /x | Verb |
| wasted | /x | Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| backside | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| southend | /x | Name |
