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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| able | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| above | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| abreast | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| absence | /x | Noun |
| absent | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| absolutely | xx/x | Adverb |
| accepted | x/x | Adjective |
| accessed | /x | Verb, Noun |
| achieved | x/ | Adjective |
| acknowledged | x/x | Adjective |
| actually | /xxx | Adverb |
| addition | x/x | Noun |
| addressed | x/ | Adjective |
| adhered | x/ | Verb |
| adolescents | xx/x | Verb |
| adults | x/ | Noun |
| advertisement | x/xx | Noun |
| afraid | x/ | Adjective |
| again | x/ | Adverb |
| age | / | Noun, Verb |
| agreed | x/ | Adjective |
| agreement | x/x | Noun |
| aided | /x | Adjective |
| aimed | / | Adjective |
| alas | x/ | Noun |
| allow | x/ | Verb |
| alone | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| alright | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| alternate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| always | /x | Adverb |
| ambassador | x/xx | Noun |
| amelia | x/x | Name |
| amuse | x/ | Verb |
| an | / | Noun |
| analysed | xx/ | Verb |
| anecdote | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| anna | /x | Name |
| answered | /x | Adjective |
| anticipated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| anybody | /xxx | Noun |
| anyone | /xx | Noun |
| anything | /xx | Noun, Adverb |
| appeared | x/ | Verb |
| appreciated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| apprehended | xx/x | Adjective |
| apprised | x/ | Adjective |
| approached | x/ | Verb |
| approximate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb |
| arise | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| arrow | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ascertained | xx/ | Adjective |
| assessed | x/ | Verb |
| assisted | x/x | Adjective |
| assumed | x/ | Adjective |
| attended | x/x | Adjective |
| atypical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| audition | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| augusta | x/x | Name |
| avoid | x/ | Verb |
| aware | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| babes | / | Noun |
| babies | /x | Noun |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| badly | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| bah | / | Noun |
| bamboo | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| barely | /x | Adverb |
| barn | / | Noun, Verb |
| based | / | Verb, Adjective |
| basis | /x | Noun |
| battalion | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| batter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| beau | / | Noun, Verb |
| because | x/ | Adverb |
| become | x/ | Verb |
| been | / | Verb |
| beg | / | Verb, Noun |
| beheld | x/ | Verb |
| believed | x/ | Verb |
| belonged | x/ | Verb |
| bench | / | Noun, Verb |
| benighted | x/x | Adjective |
| better | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| bey | / | Noun |
| beyond | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| births | / | Noun |
| bit | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| blister | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bob | / | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| bobby | /x | Name |
| borne | / | Adjective, Noun |
| boy | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| briefed | / | Adjective |
| brigade | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| brought | / | Verb |
| burdens | /x | Noun |
| burnt | / | Adjective |
| but | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| cake | / | Noun, Verb |
| case | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| catch | / | Verb, Noun |
| categorised | /xxx | Adjective |
| categorized | /xxx | Adjective |
| centred | /x | Adjective |
| certainly | /xx | Adverb |
| characterized | /xxx | Verb |
| charged | / | Adjective |
| checked | / | Adjective |
| cheerful | /x | Adjective |
| chil | / | Adjective, Noun |
| child | / | Noun, Verb |
| childcare | /x | Noun |
| childhood | /x | Noun |
| choice | / | Noun, Adjective |
| chorus | /x | Noun, Verb |
| civilised | /xx | Adjective |
| civilized | /xx | Adjective |
| classed | / | Verb |
| classified | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| classmates | /x | Noun |
| clement | /x | Name, Adjective |
| clocked | / | Adjective |
| clothes | / | Noun |
| collected | x/x | Adjective |
| combinational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| come | / | Verb, Noun |
| completely | x/x | Adverb |
| complied | x/ | Verb |
| conceived | x/ | Verb |
| conceptualized | x/xx | Verb |
| concerned | x/ | Adjective |
| conrad | /x | Name |
| considered | x/x | Adjective |
| construed | x/ | Verb |
| consulted | x/x | Verb |
| contemplated | /xxx | Verb |
| could | / | Verb, Noun |
| counted | /x | Verb |
| currently | /xx | Adverb |
| daughters | /x | Adverb |
| dealt | / | Adverb |
| dears | / | Adverb |
| debit | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| deemed | / | Adjective |
| defenseless | x/x | Adjective |
| defined | x/ | Adjective |
| degenerate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| degraded | x/x | Adjective |
| deluded | x/x | Adjective |
| demonstrated | /xxx | Adjective |
| denying | x/x | Noun |
| dependants | x/x | Noun |
| dependents | x/x | Noun |
| descendants | x/x | Noun |
| described | x/ | Adjective |
| designated | /xxx | Adjective |
| designed | x/ | Adjective |
| detected | x/x | Adjective |
| determined | x/x | Adjective |
| developed | x/x | Adjective |
| did | / | Noun |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| disappear | xx/ | Verb |
| discerned | x/ | Verb |
| discovered | x/x | Adjective |
| discussed | x/ | Verb |
| disinherited | xx/xx | Adjective |
| displayed | x/ | Adjective |
| disposed | x/ | Adjective |
| distress | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| diviner | x/x | Noun |
| divisible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| don | / | Name, Verb |
| doth | / | Verb, Noun |
| doubts | / | Noun |
| downtrodden | x/x | Adjective |
| due | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| earned | / | Adjective |
| easy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| echoed | /x | Verb |
| educated | /xxx | Adjective |
| education | xx/x | Noun |
| either | /x | Adverb |
| else | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| emancipated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| emasculated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| emerged | x/ | Verb |
| encountered | x/x | Verb |
| endured | x/ | Verb |
| enjoyed | x/ | Verb |
| enlightened | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| enough | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| enslaved | x/ | Noun |
| envied | /x | Adjective |
| envisaged | x/x | Adjective |
| envisioned | x/x | Adjective |
| erring | /x | Noun |
| espied | /x | Verb |
| established | x/x | Adjective |
| estimated | /xxx | Verb |
| evaluated | x/xxx | Verb |
| eve | / | Noun |
| even | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| event | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| ever | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| everything | /xx | Adjective |
| evidenced | /xx | Adjective |
| examined | x/x | Verb |
| except | x/ | Verb |
| excluded | x/x | Verb |
| excommunicated | xx/xxx | Verb |
| expectations | xx/x | Verb |
| expected | x/x | Adjective |
| experienced | x/xx | Adjective |
| experimented | x/xxx | Verb |
| expressed | x/ | Adjective |
| eyed | / | Adjective |
| eyesight | /x | Noun |
| eyewitness | //x | Noun, Verb |
| faced | / | Adjective |
| failed | / | Adjective |
| failure | /x | Noun |
| fake | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| false | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun |
| families | /xx | Noun |
| far | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| felt | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| few | / | Noun |
| fifths | / | Noun |
| filer | /x | Noun |
| fills | / | Verb |
| fine | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| fixed | / | Adjective |
| flop | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| followed | /x | Verb |
| footsteps | /x | Noun |
| forbidden | /xx | Adjective |
| forecast | /x | Noun, Verb |
| forget | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| fortnight | /x | Noun |
| found | / | Verb, Noun |
| fragile | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| free | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| fuller | /x | Name, Verb |
| fun | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| funny | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| garbled | /x | Adjective |
| girls | / | Noun |
| given | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| glance | / | Noun, Verb |
| glimpsed | / | Verb |
| god | / | Name, Verb |
| gone | / | Adjective |
| gonna | /x | Verb |
| got | / | Verb, Noun |
| gotcha | /x | Noun |
| gotta | /x | Verb, Noun |
| grandchildren | /xx | Noun |
| grandparents | /xx | Noun |
| greeks | / | Name |
| grown | / | Adjective |
| guess | / | Verb, Noun |
| guys | / | Noun |
| had | / | Verb |
| had better | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| happened | /x | Verb |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| hardly | /x | Adverb |
| hast | / | Noun |
| hath | / | Noun |
| heading | /x | Noun |
| hear | / | Verb |
| heeded | /x | Verb |
| held | / | Verb |
| hers | x | Adjective |
| hindus | /x | Adjective |
| how | / | Adverb, Noun |
| however | x/x | Adverb |
| huh | / | Noun |
| identified | x/xx | Noun |
| ill | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| illustrated | /xxx | Noun |
| immaterial | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| impossible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| inappropriate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| inarticulate | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| included | x/x | Adjective |
| incorporeal | x/xx | Adjective |
| increased | x/ | Adjective |
| indicated | /xxx | Verb |
| indivisible | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| infancy | /xx | Noun |
| infant | /x | Noun, Verb |
| infantile | /xx | Adjective |
| informal | x/x | Adjective |
| informed | x/ | Adjective |
| inhabitant | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| inmates | /x | Adjective |
| innocent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| inscribed | x/ | Adjective |
| instead | x/ | Adverb |
| insufficiently | xx/xx | Adverb |
| intended | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| interpreted | x/xx | Adjective |
| interviewed | /xx | Verb |
| investigated | x/xxx | Verb |
| it | / | Noun, Adjective |
| judged | / | Verb |
| just | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| juvenile | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| keep | / | Verb, Noun |
| keynote | /x | Noun, Verb |
| kid | / | Noun, Verb |
| kiddies | /x | Noun |
| kinder | /x | Name, Adverb |
| knew | / | Adverb |
| knowledge | /x | Noun, Verb |
| lacked | / | Verb |
| lads | / | Noun |
| lakes | / | Noun |
| laugh | / | Noun, Verb |
| lay | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| leap | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| learned | / | Adjective, Noun |
| least | / | Adverb, Noun |
| led | / | Adjective, Noun |
| lest | / | |
| let | / | Verb, Noun |
| levied | /x | Verb |
| light | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| liked | / | Adjective |
| limelight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| linger | /x | Verb, Noun |
| listened | /x | Verb |
| lived | / | Adjective |
| logic | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| long | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| looked | / | Adjective |
| lord | / | Noun, Verb |
| loud | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| love | / | Noun, Verb |
| lower | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| made | / | Noun |
| maiden | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| male | / | Noun, Adjective |
| manifested | /xxx | Verb |
| manifesto | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| marked | / | Adjective |
| mary | /x | Name |
| maximum | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| meant | / | Verb |
| mentioned | /x | Verb |
| merely | /x | Adverb |
| met | / | Verb, Noun |
| miners | /x | Noun |
| minor | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| missing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| molly | /x | Name, Verb |
| monitored | /xx | Verb |
| most | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| mother | /x | Noun, Verb |
| muffled | /x | Adjective |
| must | / | Verb, Noun |
| mysterious | x/xx | Adjective |
| nah | / | Name |
| napoleon | x/xx | Name |
| nav | / | Noun, Verb |
| naw | / | Verb |
| nay | / | Name, Adverb, Verb, Adjective |
| need | / | Verb, Noun |
| negative | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| neither | /x | Adverb |
| never | /x | Adverb |
| next | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| nicht | / | Verb, Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| nobody | /xx | Noun |
| none | / | Noun, Adverb |
| noo | / | Adverb, Adjective |
| nope | / | Noun, Verb |
| nor | / | Noun |
| nota | /x | Noun |
| notary | /xx | Noun |
| noted | /x | Adjective |
| nothing | /x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| noticed | /x | Adjective |
| now | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| nowhere | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| number | /x | Noun, Verb |
| observable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| observation | xx/x | Noun |
| observed | x/ | Verb |
| obtained | x/ | Verb |
| occurred | x/ | Verb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| offspring | /x | Noun |
| often | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| okay | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| omitted | x/x | Verb |
| only | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| opposed | x/ | Adjective |
| or | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| order | /x | Noun, Verb |
| organization | xxx/x | Noun |
| orphans | /x | Noun |
| otherwise | /xx | Adverb, Adjective |
| ought | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| outside | // | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| overheard | /x/ | Verb |
| owing | /x | Adjective |
| paces | /x | Noun |
| paediatric | /x/x | Adjective |
| paid | / | Adjective |
| pain | / | Noun, Verb |
| parents | /x | Verb |
| pas | / | Noun |
| pediatric | xx/x | Adjective |
| peeps | / | Noun |
| penelope | x/xx | Name |
| people | /x | Noun, Verb |
| perceived | x/ | Adjective |
| perceptible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| perhaps | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| persons | /x | Noun |
| perspective | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| placed | / | Adjective |
| play | / | Verb, Noun |
| plight | / | Noun, Verb |
| plus | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| point | / | Noun, Verb |
| polled | / | Adjective |
| poorly | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| predicted | x/x | Verb |
| preschoolers | /xx | Noun |
| presented | x/x | Adjective |
| pretty | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| prevent | x/ | Verb |
| previously | /xxx | Adverb |
| processed | /x | Adjective |
| produced | x/ | Verb |
| prohibited | x/xx | Adjective |
| prophet | /x | Noun |
| proved | / | Adjective |
| provided | x/x | Verb |
| psalmist | /x | Noun |
| psyche | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pupil | /x | Noun |
| purpose | /x | Noun, Verb |
| put | / | Verb, Noun |
| questioned | /x | Verb |
| quite | / | Adverb, Noun |
| ragtime | /x | Noun |
| raised | / | Adjective |
| rarely | /x | Adverb |
| rated | /x | Adjective |
| rather | /x | Adverb, Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| reached | / | Noun |
| read | / | Verb, Noun |
| realised | /xx | Adjective |
| realized | /xx | Adjective |
| really | /x | Adverb, Verb |
| received | x/ | Adjective |
| recognise | /xx | Verb |
| recognised | /xx | Adjective |
| recognized | /xx | Adjective |
| recorded | x/x | Adjective |
| reduced | x/ | Adjective |
| refer | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| reflected | x/x | Adjective |
| refrain | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| refusal | x/x | Noun |
| refused | x/ | Noun |
| regarded | x/x | Adjective |
| registered | /xx | Adjective |
| remember | x/x | Verb |
| reported | x/x | Adjective |
| required | x/x | Adjective |
| resulted | x/x | Verb |
| resuscitate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective |
| reviewed | x/ | Verb |
| right | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| risen | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| roger | /x | Name, Verb |
| rumored | /x | Adjective |
| said | / | Adjective, Noun |
| sans | / | Adjective |
| sap | / | Noun, Verb |
| saw | / | Verb, Noun |
| scarcely | /x | Adverb |
| scariest | /xx | Adjective |
| scheduled | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| school | / | Noun, Verb |
| schoolboys | /x | Noun |
| schoolchildren | /xx | Noun |
| secondary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| seldom | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| sensible | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| serial | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| settled | /x | Adjective |
| shakespeare | /x | Name |
| shall | / | Verb |
| shines | / | Verb, Noun |
| short | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| shortly | /x | Adverb |
| showed | / | Verb |
| siblings | /x | Verb |
| sighted | /x | Adjective |
| sign | / | Noun, Verb |
| simply | /x | Adverb |
| since | / | Adverb |
| slanderous | /xx | Adjective |
| sliced | / | Adjective |
| small | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| so | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| solomon | /xx | Name |
| son | / | Noun, Verb |
| sounded | /x | Verb |
| sovereign | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| speaking | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| spotted | /x | Adjective |
| sprung | / | Adjective |
| stated | /x | Adjective |
| stay | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| step | / | Noun, Verb |
| still | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| stop | / | Verb, Noun |
| student | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| studied | /x | Adjective |
| subjection | x/x | Noun |
| submitted | x/x | Verb |
| suffered | /x | Verb |
| suffice | x/ | Verb |
| suggested | x/x | Verb |
| supposed | x/ | Adjective |
| sure | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| surely | /x | Adverb |
| suv | xx/ | Name |
| tackled | /x | Adjective |
| taken | /x | Adjective |
| talked | / | Verb |
| taught | / | Verb |
| teenagers | /xx | Verb |
| tested | /x | Verb |
| than | / | Adverb, Noun |
| the | x | Adverb, Noun |
| theirs | / | Adjective |
| them | / | Adjective |
| therefore | /x | Adverb |
| they | / | Adverb |
| think | / | Verb, Noun |
| this | / | Adverb, Noun |
| those | / | |
| though | / | Adverb |
| to | / | Adverb, Noun |
| toddlers | /x | Noun |
| told | / | Noun |
| tong | / | Name, Verb |
| too | / | Adverb |
| totally | /xx | Adverb |
| tots | / | Noun |
| toys | / | Noun |
| translated | x/x | Verb |
| treated | /x | Adjective |
| tried | / | Adjective |
| true | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| unable | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| underage | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| undergone | xx/ | Verb |
| understood | xx/ | Adjective |
| unheard | x/ | Adjective |
| unheeded | x/x | Adjective |
| unimaginable | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| unintended | xx/x | Adjective |
| unmodified | x/xx | Adjective |
| unpaid | x/ | Adjective |
| unplanned | x/ | Adjective |
| unsuccessful | xx/x | Adjective |
| unthinkable | x/xx | Adjective |
| untrue | x/ | Adjective |
| unwanted | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| urged | / | Verb |
| valued | /x | Adjective |
| verified | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| very | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| viewed | / | Adjective |
| visa | /x | Noun, Verb |
| visible | /xx | Adjective |
| vision | /x | Noun, Verb |
| visited | /xx | Adjective |
| vista | /x | Noun, Verb |
| visualized | /xx | Adjective |
| voiced | / | Adjective |
| wait | / | Verb, Noun |
| watched | / | Adjective |
| way | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective |
| weep | / | Verb, Noun |
| whatever | x/x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| when | / | Adverb, Noun |
| white | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| why | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| wicket | /x | Noun |
| without | x/ | Adverb |
| witnessed | /x | Verb |
| women | /x | Noun |
| wonderful | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| word | / | Noun, Verb |
| would | / | Verb, Noun |
| write | / | Verb, Noun |
| wrong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| yeah | / | Noun |
| yes | / | Name, Verb |
| yet | / | Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| young | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| youngsters | /x | Noun |
| youth | / | Noun |
