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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| screwed | / | Verb | 
| beat up | /x | Phrase, Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| hard put | // | Phrase, Adjective | 
| boned | / | Adjective | 
| cashed | / | Verb | 
| cut up | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective | 
| through the mill | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective | 
| beat | / | Noun | 
| hot on | // | Phrase, Adjective | 
| bagged | / | Verb | 
| dipped | / | Verb | 
| stay | / | Verb | 
| stuck up | // | Phrase, Adjective | 
| stiff | / | Adjective | 
| chopped | / | Adjective | 
| gone | / | Verb | 
| teed off | // | Phrase, Adjective | 
| tore up | // | Phrase, Adjective | 
| off the hook | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective | 
| shot | / | Noun | 
| high and dry | /// | Phrase, Adjective | 
| backed | / | Adjective | 
| down for the count | //x/ | Phrase, Adjective | 
| pressed for time | /// | Phrase, Adjective | 
| snowed under | //x | Phrase, Adjective | 
| bent on | // | Phrase, Adjective | 
| clocked | / | Adjective | 
| in for it | x// | Phrase, Adjective | 
| stuck on | // | Phrase, Adjective | 
| like the cat that got the cream | /x///x/ | Phrase, Adjective | 
| round the twist | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective | 
| easier said than done | /xx/// | Phrase, Adjective | 
| on the ropes | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective | 
| taken | /x | Verb | 
| heated | /x | Adjective | 
| cut out | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective | 
| spare | / | Adjective | 
| sprung | / | Verb | 
| dressed to kill | /// | Phrase, Adjective | 
| cautioned | /x | Verb | 
| acacia | x/x | Noun | 
| accomplished | x/x | Adjective | 
| accurate | /xx | Adjective | 
| achieved | x/ | Adjective | 
| acquitted | x/x | Adjective | 
| act | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| action | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| actively | /xx | Adverb | 
| actuality | xx/xx | Noun | 
| actually | /xxx | Adverb | 
| acutely | x/x | Adverb | 
| address | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| administered | x/xx | Verb | 
| admirable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| adopted | x/x | Adjective | 
| advanced | x/ | Adjective | 
| adversely | x/x | Adverb | 
| affected | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| aggressively | x/xx | Adverb | 
| alcoholic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| all | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective | 
| allowed | x/ | Adjective | 
| amateurish | /xxx | Adjective | 
| ambitious | x/x | Adjective | 
| amortized | /xx | Adjective | 
| anecdotal | xx/x | Adjective | 
| ankara | /xx | Name | 
| applied | x/ | Adjective | 
| ardently | /xx | Adverb | 
| asked | / | Adjective | 
| assiduously | x/xx | Adverb | 
| assumed | x/ | Adjective | 
| assured | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| attained | x/ | Adjective | 
| avid | /x | Adjective | 
| awarded | x/x | Verb | 
| awful | /x | Adjective, Adverb | 
| awkward | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| backbreaking | /xx | Adjective | 
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| badass | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| badly | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| baffling | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| baked | / | Adjective | 
| band | / | Noun, Verb | 
| because | x/ | Adverb | 
| become | x/ | Verb | 
| been | / | Verb | 
| begun | x/ | Noun | 
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| binding | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| bitterly | /xx | Adverb | 
| blunt | / | Adjective, Name, Verb | 
| brick | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| brought | / | Verb | 
| brutally | /xx | Adverb | 
| brute | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| built | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| bully | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| bummer | /x | Noun | 
| burdensome | /xx | Adjective | 
| burnt | / | Adjective | 
| busy | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| calculated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| calculative | /xxx | Adjective | 
| callous | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| carefully | /xx | Adverb | 
| carried | /x | Verb | 
| cases | /x | Noun | 
| catchy | /x | Adjective | 
| caused | / | Verb | 
| ceaselessly | /xx | Adverb | 
| challenge | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| cheap | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| claimed | / | Adverb | 
| classic | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| closely | /x | Adverb | 
| coarse | / | Adjective | 
| coercive | x/x | Adjective | 
| cold | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| come | / | Verb, Noun | 
| commitment | x/x | Noun | 
| committed | x/x | Adjective | 
| compiled | x/ | Verb | 
| complete | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| completion | x/x | Noun | 
| complex | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| complied | x/ | Verb | 
| comprehensive | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| compulsory | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| concise | x/ | Adjective, Verb | 
| concluded | x/x | Adjective | 
| conclusive | x/x | Adjective | 
| concrete | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| conducted | x/x | Verb | 
| conniving | x/x | Adjective | 
| conscientiously | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| consequence | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| considerable | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| contributed | x/xx | Verb | 
| convertible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| convincing | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| cooked | / | Adjective | 
| corresponds | xx/ | Verb | 
| costly | /x | Adjective | 
| created | x/x | Verb | 
| creditable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| cruelly | /x | Adverb | 
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective | 
| damning | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| damped | / | Adjective | 
| date | / | Noun, Verb | 
| daunting | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| dealt | / | Noun | 
| decided | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| dedicated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| deed | / | Noun, Verb | 
| deeply | /x | Adverb | 
| delicate | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| delivered | x/x | Adjective | 
| delivery | x/xx | Noun | 
| demanding | x/x | Adjective | 
| demonstrated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| deployed | x/ | Verb | 
| depreciated | x/xxx | Verb, Adjective | 
| desperately | /xxx | Adverb | 
| detailed | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| determined | x/x | Adjective | 
| developed | x/x | Adjective | 
| devoted | x/x | Adjective | 
| did | / | Noun | 
| diff | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| difficile | /xx | Adjective | 
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| difficulty | /xxx | Noun | 
| diligently | /xxx | Adverb | 
| diluted | x/x | Adjective | 
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| directed | x/x | Adjective | 
| disc | / | Noun, Verb | 
| discharged | x/ | Adjective | 
| disk | / | Noun, Verb | 
| distressing | x/x | Adjective | 
| doggedly | /xx | Adverb | 
| draconian | x/xx | Adjective | 
| drafted | /x | Adjective | 
| drawn | / | Adjective | 
| driven | /x | Adjective | 
| dry | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| dur | x | Noun, Adjective | 
| dura | /x | Noun | 
| duro | /x | Name | 
| durum | /x | Noun | 
| earned | / | Adjective | 
| earnestly | /xx | Adverb | 
| easily | /xx | Adverb | 
| easy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| effect | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| effectively | x/xx | Adverb | 
| effort | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| effortful | /xx | Adjective | 
| elusive | x/x | Adjective | 
| embarrassing | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| end | / | Noun, Verb | 
| endeavour | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| energetically | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| enforced | x/ | Adjective | 
