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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| gibbet | /x | Noun, Noun |
| hanged | / | Verb |
| hangman | /x | Noun |
| hangings | /x | Noun |
| executioners | xx/xx | Noun |
| scaffold | /x | Noun |
| prison | /x | Noun |
| lynched | / | Verb |
| executions | xx/x | Noun |
| jails | / | Noun |
| malefactors | /xxx | Noun |
| convicts | /x | Noun |
| manacles | /xx | Noun |
| belfry | /x | Noun |
| beheaded | x/x | Verb |
| warders | /x | Noun |
| treason | /x | Noun |
| rope | / | Noun |
| crucified | /xx | Verb |
| parapet | /xx | Noun |
| buckboard | /x | Noun |
| pikes | / | Noun |
| courthouse | /x | Noun |
| corpses | /x | Noun |
| effigies | /xx | Noun |
| battlements | /xx | Noun |
| scourged | / | Verb |
| trussed | / | Adjective |
| mainmast | /x | Noun |
| ignominy | /xxx | Noun |
| imprisoned | x/x | Verb |
| murderers | /xx | Noun |
| penitentiary | xx/xx | Noun |
| conspirators | x/xx | Noun |
| damnation | x/x | Noun |
| stretcher | /x | Noun |
| pillory | /xx | Noun |
| rafters | /x | Noun |
| pyre | /x | Noun |
| newgate | /x | Name |
| sentencing | /xx | Noun |
| gurney | /x | Noun |
| repentance | x/x | Noun |
| girders | /x | Noun |
| assizes | x/x | Noun |
| outhouse | /x | Noun |
| causeway | /x | Noun |
| workhouse | /x | Noun |
| barracks | /x | Noun |
| shackles | /x | Noun |
| jailhouse | /x | Noun |
| death chamber | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| cage | / | Noun |
| gas chamber | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| drop | / | Noun |
| death row | /x | Phrase, Noun |
| slaughterhouse | /xx | Noun |
| bastille | /x | Name |
| shotgun house | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| gulag | /x | Noun |
| hoarding | /x | Noun |
| charnel | /x | Noun |
| hearse | / | Noun |
| glasshouse | /x | Noun |
| death camp | // | Phrase, Noun |
| black hole | // | Name, Name, Verb |
| galleys | /x | Noun |
| hanger | /x | Noun |
| chamber of horrors | /x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| pergola | /xx | Noun |
| gating | /x | Noun |
| pallet | /x | Noun |
| barbican | /xx | Noun |
| swing | / | Noun |
| deathbed | /x | Noun |
| stocks | / | Noun |
| house of detention | //x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| hell | / | Noun |
| chain gang | // | Phrase, Noun |
| roundhouse | /x | Noun |
| gallery | /xx | Noun |
| cell | / | Noun |
| hole | / | Noun |
| shambles | /x | Noun |
| freed | / | Noun |
| defile | x/ | Noun |
| halter | /x | Noun |
| mordecai | /xx | Name |
| makeshift | /x | Adjective |
| purveyor | x/x | Noun |
| consign | x/ | Verb |
| thief | / | Noun |
| lash | / | Noun |
| shadow | /x | Noun |
| cheated | /x | Verb |
| erected | x/x | Verb |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective |
| squad | / | Noun |
| foot | / | Noun |
| striding | /x | Verb |
| baited | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| bare | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| brothel | /x | Noun |
| coffin | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cold | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| corrals | x/ | Noun |
| cranes | / | Noun |
| cross | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| dark | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| dead | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| deadened | /x | Adjective |
| deprecating | /xxx | Adjective |
| drenched | / | Adjective |
| droll | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| easel | /x | Noun |
| forge | / | Verb, Noun |
| goofy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| gravestone | /x | Noun |
| grim | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| haunted | /x | Adjective |
| hemp | / | Noun |
| jetty | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| jovial | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| jubilant | /xx | Adjective |
| languid | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| latrine | x/ | Noun |
| lavatory | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| mocking | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| nursery | /xx | Noun |
| pinched | / | Adjective |
| place | / | Noun, Verb |
| podium | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| portals | /x | Verb |
| schoolhouse | /x | Noun |
| sledge | / | Noun, Verb |
| sly | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb |
| stove | / | Noun, Verb |
| tree | / | Noun, Verb |
| wobbly | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| dicky | /x | Name, Adjective |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| sfa | x | Name |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
