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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| chequered | /x | Adjective, Adjective | 
| checkerboard | /xx | Noun | 
| patterned | /x | Adjective | 
| checker | /x | Noun | 
| past participle | //xxx | Phrase, Noun | 
| embroidered | x/x | Adjective | 
| multicolored | xx/x | Adjective | 
| traversed | /x | Verb | 
| crisscrossed | /x | Verb | 
| crossed | / | Verb | 
| polka dot | /x/ | Phrase, Noun, Verb | 
| passed | / | Verb | 
| check out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| pasteboard | /x | Noun | 
| stripes | / | Noun | 
| checkpoint | /x | Noun | 
| coloured | /x | Adjective | 
| historical | x/xx | Noun | 
| check off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| color scheme | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| chalked | / | Verb | 
| cheltenham | /xx | Name | 
| pass by | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| embroidery | x/xx | Noun | 
| parallelogram | /xxxx | Noun | 
| yellow flag | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| check mark | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| chelmsford | /x | Name | 
| emblematic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| chesterfield | /xx | Name | 
| pastiche | x/ | Noun | 
| dotted line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| contextual | x/xx | Adjective | 
| background | /x | Noun | 
| patchwork | /x | Noun | 
| symbolised | /xx | Verb | 
| intersected | xx/x | Verb | 
| stenciled | /x | Adjective | 
| identification | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| history | /xx | Noun | 
| completed | x/x | Verb | 
| historically | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| pass for | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| occurrences | x/xx | Noun | 
| checked | / | Verb | 
| above | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| after | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| ago | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| already | x/x | Adverb | 
| altruistic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| alumni | x/x | Noun | 
| ancestor | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| ancient | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| annals | /x | Noun | 
| anterior | x/xx | Adjective | 
| ashley | /x | Name | 
| awake | x/ | Adjective, Verb | 
| back | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| backwards | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| been | / | Verb | 
| before | x/ | Adverb | 
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| beige | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| beyond | x/ | Adverb, Noun | 
| bloodstained | /x | Adjective | 
| blue | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| by | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| bygone | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| chivalric | /xx | Adjective | 
| closing | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| colorful | /xx | Adjective | 
| concluded | x/x | Adjective | 
| conclusion | x/x | Noun | 
| consecutive | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| continuously | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| continuum | x/xx | Noun | 
| course | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| current | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| departed | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| disproportionate | xx/xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| done | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| drab | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| drama | /x | Noun | 
| earlier | /xx | Adverb, Adjective | 
| elapsed | x/ | Adjective | 
| elders | /x | Noun | 
| enjoyable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| epoch | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| eras | /x | Verb | 
| erstwhile | /x | Adjective, Adverb | 
| eventful | x/x | Adjective | 
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| experience | x/xx | Noun, Verb | 
| fable | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| facts | / | Verb | 
| few | / | Noun | 
| final | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| finishing | /xx | Noun | 
| forefathers | /xx | Noun | 
| foregoing | x/x | Adjective | 
| formative | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| former | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| formerly | /xx | Adverb | 
| frayed | / | Adjective | 
| fringed | / | Adjective | 
| from | / | Adjective | 
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective | 
| future | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| futurity | /xxx | Noun | 
| going | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| happening | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| hectic | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| hell | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| here | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective | 
| hereafter | x/x | Adverb, Noun, Adjective | 
| heritage | /xx | Noun | 
| heroes | /x | Noun | 
| historian | x/xx | Noun | 
| historic | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| hitherto | /x/ | Adverb | 
| increased | x/ | Adjective | 
| jeez | / | Name | 
| knightly | /x | Adjective, Adverb | 
| lacy | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| lapse | / | Noun, Verb | 
| last | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| latest | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| latter | /x | Adjective | 
| laundered | /x | Verb | 
| legacy | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| life | / | Noun, Verb | 
| lore | / | Noun | 
| madi | /x | Name | 
| medieval | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| memories | /xx | Noun | 
| mixed | / | Adjective | 
| near | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| next | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| now | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| old | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| olden | /x | Adjective, Name, Verb | 
| once | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| onetime | // | Adjective | 
| origins | /xx | Adjective | 
| other | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| outgoing | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| over | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| passé | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| past tense | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| pasting | /x | Noun | 
| pilgrimage | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| place | / | Noun, Verb | 
| pleated | /x | Adjective | 
| polka | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| precedent | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| preceding | x/x | Adjective | 
| prehistoric | xx/x | Adjective | 
| present | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| preterite | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| previous | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| prior | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| rearview | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| recent | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| record | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| remaining | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| retiring | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| shift | / | Noun, Verb | 
| significant | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| since | / | Adverb | 
| society | x/xx | Noun | 
| soiled | / | Adjective | 
| sometime | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| sooner | /x | Adverb, Noun | 
| spent | / | Adjective | 
| starched | / | Adjective | 
| story | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| stressful | /x | Adjective | 
| subsequent | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| successive | x/x | Adjective | 
| tabular | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| tattered | /x | Adjective | 
| tense | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| the good old days | x/// | Phrase | 
| then | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| through | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| throwback | /x | Noun | 
| time | / | Noun, Verb | 
| time immemorial | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun | 
| time out of mind | //// | Phrase, Noun, Adverb | 
| traditionally | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| trap | / | Noun, Verb | 
| ultimate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| uneven | x/x | Adjective, Verb | 
| uneventful | xx/x | Adjective | 
| weave | / | Verb, Noun | 
| wrong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| year | / | Noun | 
| yesterday | /xx | Noun, Adverb | 
| yesteryear | /xx | Noun | 
