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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| number one | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective, Noun | 
| first | / | Adjective | 
| leader | /x | Noun | 
| predecessor | /xxx | Noun | 
| senior | /x | Name | 
| elite | x/ | Noun | 
| prime | / | Noun | 
| firstborn | // | Noun | 
| fellow | /x | Noun | 
| ancestor | /xx | Noun | 
| successor | x/x | Noun | 
| king | / | Noun | 
| prince | / | Noun | 
| head honcho | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| eldest | /x | Noun | 
| chief | / | Noun | 
| ascendant | x/x | Noun | 
| second fiddle | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| top dog | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| peer | / | Noun | 
| princeps | /x | Noun | 
| better | /x | Adjective | 
| dignitary | /xxx | Noun | 
| first lieutenant | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| pioneer | xx/ | Noun | 
| favourite | x/ | Noun | 
| numero uno | xx//x | Phrase, Noun | 
| heir | / | Noun | 
| honor | /x | Noun | 
| fifth | / | Noun | 
| public enemy number one | /x/xx/x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| opposite number | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| first responder | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| leading | /x | Verb | 
| officer | /xx | Noun | 
| number two | /xx | Phrase, Adjective, Noun | 
| aspirant | /xx | Noun | 
| royalty | /xx | Noun | 
| big cheese | // | Name, Name | 
| progenitor | x/xx | Noun | 
| father figure | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| younger | /x | Adjective | 
| point man | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| captain | /x | Noun | 
| figurehead | /xx | Noun | 
| boss | / | Noun | 
| former | /x | Noun | 
| somewhat | // | Adverb | 
| official | x/x | Noun | 
| principal | /xx | Noun | 
| chief of state | /// | Phrase, Noun | 
| eighth | / | Noun | 
| ensign | /x | Noun | 
| aristocrat | x/xx | Noun | 
| topper | /x | Noun | 
| forerunner | /xx | Noun | 
| commander | x/x | Noun | 
| authority figure | x/xx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| oldest | /x | Adjective | 
| heir presumptive | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| champion | /xx | Noun | 
| protagonist | x/xx | Noun | 
| leading man | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| opener | /xx | Noun | 
| titular | /xx | Adjective | 
| upper | /x | Noun | 
| nobleman | /xx | Noun | 
| mastermind | /xx | Noun | 
| eleventh | x/x | Noun | 
| underling | /xx | Noun | 
| fourth | / | Noun | 
| paragon | /xx | Noun | 
| competitor | x/xx | Noun | 
| lieutenant governor | x/x/xx | Phrase, Noun | 
| prime mover | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| doyen | /x | Noun | 
| early bird | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| member | /x | Noun | 
| third | / | Noun | 
| fifteenth | x/ | Noun | 
| grand old man | /// | Name, Name | 
| byword | /x | Noun | 
| killer | /x | Noun | 
| nominee | xx/ | Noun | 
| seventh | /x | Name | 
| elder | /x | Noun | 
| ringleader | /xx | Noun | 
| fourteenth | // | Name | 
| fiftieth | /xx | Noun | 
| vanguard | /x | Noun | 
| head | / | Noun | 
| luminary | /xxx | Noun | 
| follower | /xx | Noun | 
| chieftain | /x | Noun | 
| upper class | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| dean | / | Noun | 
| prefect | /x | Noun | 
| master | /x | Noun | 
| friends in high places | /x//x | Phrase, Noun | 
| ninth | / | Name | 
| vice | / | Noun | 
| spearhead | /x | Noun | 
| occupant | /xx | Noun | 
| overlord | /xx | Noun | 
| counterpart | /xx | Noun | 
| aboriginal | xx/xx | Adjective, Name | 
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| above | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| according | x/x | Adjective, Adverb | 
| accrue | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| across | x/ | Adverb, Noun | 
| advance | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| against | x/ | Adjective | 
| aged | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| aggregate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| ago | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| ahead | x/ | Adverb | 
| ahistorical | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| aid | / | Noun, Verb | 
| all | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective | 
| alleviation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| along | x/ | Adverb | 
| alongside | x// | Adverb | 
| amateurs | /xx | Noun | 
| amid | x/ | Noun | 
| amidst | x/ | |
| amongst | x/ | |
| amounts | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| and | x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| ante | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| anthropomorphism | xxx/xx | Noun | 
| any | /x | Adverb | 
| anyway | /xx | Adverb | 
| apostasy | xxxx | Noun | 
| apostolic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| appears | x/ | Adjective | 
| appointed | x/x | Adjective | 
| appropriate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| archetypal | //x | Adjective | 
| arianism | /xxxx | Name | 
| arrival | x/x | Noun | 
| attained | x/ | Adjective | 
| attractive | x/x | Adjective | 
| axe | / | Noun, Verb | 
| axiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| basic | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| been | / | Verb | 
| before | x/ | Adverb | 
| beforehand | x/x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| begin | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| below | x/ | Adverb, Noun | 
| besides | x/ | Adverb | 
| bet | / | Verb, Noun | 
| between | x/ | Noun | 
| beyond | x/ | Adverb, Noun | 
| biggest | /x | Adjective | 
| birth | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| blood | / | Noun, Verb | 
| boils | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bonus | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| breadth | / | Noun | 
| calendar | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| case | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| chez | / | Noun | 
| coincide | xx/ | Verb | 
| comes | / | Noun | 
| commence | x/ | Verb | 
| commencement | x/x | Noun | 
| commonest | /xx | Adjective | 
| competes | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| comprise | x/ | Verb | 
| con | / | Noun, Verb | 
| constellation | xx/x | Noun | 
| contrary | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| corresponds | xx/ | Verb | 
| cousin | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| crown | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| darts | / | Noun | 
| debut | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| departure | x/x | Noun | 
| differential | xx/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| discounted | /xx | Adjective | 
| during | /x | Noun | 
| earlier | /xx | Adverb, Adjective | 
| earnings | /x | Noun | 
| end | / | Noun, Verb | 
| enters | /x | Verb | 
| equal | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| equality | x/xx | Noun | 
| equally | /xx | Adverb | 
| equates | x/ | Verb | 
| equivalent | x/xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| especially | x/x | Adverb | 
| everything | /xx | Adverb | 
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| example | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| except | x/ | Verb | 
| falls | / | Noun | 
| feedstocks | /x | Noun | 
| first base | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| first off | // | Phrase, Adverb | 
| firstly | /x | Adverb | 
| fist | / | Noun, Verb | 
| flawed | / | Adjective | 
| for | / | Noun | 
| forefront | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| foremost | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| formative | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| formerly | /xx | Adverb | 
| forward | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| freedom | /x | Noun | 
| freshman | /x | Noun | 
| from | / | Noun | 
| front | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| gamble | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| grade | / | Noun, Verb | 
| grant | / | Noun, Verb | 
| greatest | /x | Verb | 
| harmony | /xx | Noun | 
| heuristic | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| highest | /x | Adjective | 
| home | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb | 
| identical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| im | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| immediate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| important | x/x | Adjective | 
| inaugural | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| inception | x/x | Noun | 
| including | x/x | Verb | 
| independent | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| indian | /xx | Name, Adjective | 
| initial | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| initiation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| initiative | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| initiatory | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| inside | x/ | Adverb, Noun, Adjective | 
| instance | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| inter | x/ | Name, Verb | 
| intergovernmental | xxxx/x | Adjective | 
| intermediate | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| into | x/ | Noun | 
| introductory | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| involving | x/x | Verb | 
| ire | / | Noun, Verb | 
| junior | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| key | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| kickoff | /x | Noun | 
| kiss | / | Noun, Verb | 
| largest | /x | Adjective | 
| last | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| love | / | Noun, Verb | 
| low | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| low gear | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| maiden | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| main | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| mainly | /x | Adverb | 
