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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| insight | /x | Noun, Noun | 
| strategizing | /xxx | Noun | 
| prewriting | /xx | Noun | 
| visioning | /xx | Noun | 
| conceptualizing | x/xxx | Verb | 
| ideas | x/x | Noun | 
| planning | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| sketching | /x | Noun | 
| creative | x/x | Adjective | 
| mulling | /x | Verb | 
| thinking | /x | Noun | 
| organizing | /xxx | Noun | 
| envisioning | x/xx | Verb | 
| theorizing | /xxx | Noun | 
| daydreaming | /xx | Noun | 
| pondering | /xx | Verb | 
| crafting | /x | Noun | 
| writing | /x | Noun | 
| doodling | /xx | Noun | 
| researching | x/x | Verb | 
| experimenting | x/xxx | Verb | 
| collaborating | x/xxx | Verb | 
| designing | x/x | Verb | 
| jotting | /x | Verb | 
| ruminating | /xxx | Verb | 
| discussing | x/x | Verb | 
| refining | x/x | Noun | 
| deliberating | x/xxx | Verb | 
| formulating | /xxx | Verb | 
| visualizing | /xxx | Verb | 
| procrastinating | x/xxx | Noun | 
| creativity | xx/xx | Noun | 
| chatting | /x | Verb | 
| scribbling | /xx | Noun | 
| conceptualising | x/xxx | Noun | 
| stewing | /x | Noun | 
| devising | x/x | Verb | 
| drafting | /x | Noun | 
| plotting | /x | Noun | 
| critiquing | x/x | Verb | 
| ideation | xx/x | Noun | 
| gathering | /xx | Noun | 
| discussion | x/x | Noun | 
| tweaking | /x | Noun | 
| visualising | /xxx | Verb | 
| hypothesizing | x/xxx | Noun | 
| deliberation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| revising | x/x | Verb | 
| lateral thinking | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| brainchild | /x | Noun | 
| genius | /x | Noun | 
| incubation | xx/x | Noun | 
| speculation | xx/x | Noun | 
| brain fog | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| stream of consciousness | ///xx | Phrase, Noun | 
| free association | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| heuristic | x/x | Noun | 
| train of thought | /// | Phrase, Noun | 
| thinking cap | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| conception | x/x | Noun | 
| intuition | xx/x | Noun | 
| rationalism | /xxxx | Noun | 
| introjection | xx/x | Noun | 
| reading | /x | Noun | 
| dream | / | Noun | 
| koan | /x | Noun | 
| mind | / | Noun | 
| imagination | xxx/x | Noun | 
| imagining | x/xx | Verb | 
| automatism | x/xxx | Noun | 
| musing | /x | Noun | 
| abstraction | x/x | Noun | 
| collective unconscious | x/xx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| suggestion | x/x | Noun | 
| fantasy | /xx | Noun | 
| projective | x/x | Adjective | 
| tabula rasa | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| theory | /x | Noun | 
| unstructured | x/x | Adjective | 
| playing | /x | Noun | 
| electronic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| mapping | /x | Noun | 
| structured | /x | Adjective, Verb | 
| technique | x/ | Noun | 
| lots | / | Noun | 
| outlining | /xx | Verb | 
| reverse | x/ | Adjective | 
| diagrams | /xx | Noun | 
| sessions | /x | Noun | 
| facilitate | x/xx | Verb | 
| rules | / | Noun | 
| encourages | x/xx | Verb | 
| anonymous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| listing | /x | Noun | 
| interactive | xx/x | Adjective | 
| nominal | /xx | Adjective | 
| round | / | Noun | 
| helps | / | Verb | 
| minutes | /x | Noun | 
| charts | / | Noun | 
| classical | /xx | Adjective | 
| verbal | /x | Adjective | 
| silent | /x | Adjective | 
| informal | x/x | Adjective | 
| collective | x/x | Adjective | 
| effectiveness | x/xx | Noun | 
| guidelines | /x | Noun | 
| engage | x/ | Verb | 
| goal | / | Noun | 
| objective | x/x | Noun | 
| classic | /x | Adjective | 
| solving | /x | Verb | 
| initial | x/x | Adjective | 
| interviewing | /xxx | Verb, Noun | 
| involves | x/ | Verb | 
| purpose | /x | Noun | 
| generates | /xx | Verb | 
| making | /x | Noun | 
| productive | x/x | Adjective | 
| key | / | Noun | 
| intensive | x/x | Adjective | 
| successful | x/x | Adjective | 
| individual | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| meetings | /x | Noun | 
| tools | / | Noun | 
| process | /x | Noun | 
| solutions | x/x | Noun | 
| conjunction | x/x | Noun | 
| finished | /x | Verb | 
| try | / | Verb | 
| traditional | x/xx | Adjective | 
| visual | /xx | Adjective | 
| method | /x | Noun | 
| advantages | x/xx | Noun | 
| start | / | Verb | 
| activities | x/xx | Noun | 
| bit | / | Noun | 
| strategies | /xx | Noun | 
| analysis | x/xx | Noun | 
| hours | /x | Noun | 
| begin | x/ | Verb | 
| participate | x/xx | Verb | 
| joint | / | Adjective | 
| audition | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| benchmarking | /xx | Noun | 
| briefing | /x | Noun | 
| canvassing | /xx | Noun | 
| coaching | /x | Noun | 
| communicating | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| composing | x/x | Adjective | 
| concept | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| consideration | xxx/x | Noun | 
| debate | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| debriefing | x/x | Noun | 
| dialogue | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| exegetical | /x/xx | Adjective | 
| fieldwork | /x | Noun | 
| finding | /x | Noun | 
| focus | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| instruction | x/x | Noun | 
| monitoring | /xxx | Noun | 
| negotiating | x/xxx | Verb, Noun | 
| partnering | /xx | Noun | 
| practice | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| proofreading | /xx | Noun | 
| psychotherapeutic | xxxx/x | Adjective | 
| reflectance | x/x | Noun | 
| reflecting | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| reflection | x/x | Noun | 
| reflective | x/x | Adjective | 
| reflexion | x/x | Noun | 
| rehearsal | x/x | Noun | 
| retreat | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| retrieval | x/x | Noun | 
| scouting | /x | Noun | 
| teamwork | /x | Noun | 
| telling | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| testing | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| tutorial | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| tutoring | /xx | Noun | 
| wisdom | /x | Noun | 
| work | / | Noun, Verb | 
| expression | x/x | Noun | 
| literally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| sorta | /x | Adverb | 
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| collocation | xx/x | Noun | 
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb | 
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb | 
| dialect | /xx | Noun | 
