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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| metropolis | x/xx | Noun, Noun |
| boom | / | Noun |
| bustling | /xx | Noun |
| wasteland | /x | Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun |
| slum | / | Noun |
| roadhouse | /x | Noun |
| city | /x | Noun |
| town | / | Noun |
| mecca | /x | Name |
| frontier | x/ | Noun |
| bonanza | x/x | Noun |
| whorehouse | /x | Noun |
| hellhole | /x | Noun |
| cowboy | /x | Noun |
| gulch | / | Noun |
| megalopolis | xx/xx | Noun |
| heartland | /x | Noun |
| mining | /x | Noun |
| railroad | /x | Noun |
| ghetto | /x | Noun |
| shanty | /x | Noun |
| thriving | /x | Adjective |
| cosmopolitan | xx/xx | Noun |
| prairie | /x | Noun |
| postindustrial | /x/xx | Noun |
| hotbed | /x | Noun |
| bohemia | x/xx | Name |
| badlands | /x | Noun |
| squalor | /x | Noun |
| industrialism | x/xxxx | Noun |
| seaport | /x | Noun |
| prospectors | /xx | Noun |
| renaissance | xx/ | Noun |
| jump start | // | Phrase, Noun |
| rust belt | // | Phrase, Noun |
| death blow | // | Phrase, Noun |
| bolt out of the blue | ///x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| crime wave | // | Phrase, Noun |
| land grab | // | Phrase, Noun |
| stock boy | // | Phrase, Noun |
| dust storm | // | Phrase, Noun |
| transformed | x/ | Verb |
| became | x/ | Verb |
| western | /x | Adjective |
| former | /x | Adjective |
| typical | /xx | Adjective |
| industrial | x/xx | Adjective |
| turned | / | Verb |
| moved | / | Verb |
| new | / | Adjective |
| was | / | Verb |
| battlefield | /xx | Noun |
| bestseller | //x | Noun |
| capitalist | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| colliery | /xx | Noun |
| commune | /x | Noun, Verb |
| disco | /x | Noun, Verb |
| drugstore | /x | Noun |
| factory | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| metropolises | x/xxx | Noun |
| plantation | x/x | Noun |
| ranch | / | Noun, Verb |
| shipyard | /x | Noun |
| skyscraper | /xx | Noun |
| tycoon | x/ | Noun |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
