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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| laid up | // | Phrase, Adjective | 
| beached | / | Verb | 
| shipwrecked | /x | Adjective | 
| castaway | /xx | Noun | 
| stranded | /x | Adjective | 
| waterlogged | /xx | Adjective | 
| dead in the water | /xx/x | Phrase, Adjective | 
| seagoing | /xx | Adjective | 
| aground | x/ | Adverb | 
| outboard | /x | Noun | 
| overboard | /xx | Adverb | 
| adrift | x/ | Adverb | 
| broke | / | Verb | 
| fished out | // | Phrase, Adjective | 
| waterborne | /xx | Noun | 
| sailed | / | Verb | 
| marine | x/ | Noun | 
| shipped | / | Verb | 
| offshore | // | Noun | 
| wild | / | Adjective | 
| stricken | /x | Adjective | 
| hulled | / | Adjective | 
| seaborne | /x | Name | 
| awash | x/ | Noun | 
| sprung | / | Verb | 
| freshwater | /xx | Noun | 
| stiff | / | Adjective | 
| shored | / | Verb | 
| drafted | /x | Verb | 
| crank | / | Noun | 
| grounded | /x | Verb | 
| onshore | /x | Adjective | 
| in the same boat | xx// | Phrase, Adjective | 
| rigged | / | Adjective | 
| onboard | /x | Adjective | 
| floating | /x | Noun | 
| footloose | /x | Adjective | 
| light | / | Noun | 
| before the mast | x/x/ | Phrase, Adjective | 
| submarine | /xx | Noun | 
| swept | / | Verb | 
| seafaring | /xx | Noun | 
| steamboats | /x | Noun | 
| reef | / | Noun | 
| fly | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| shipboard | /x | Noun | 
| high | / | Adjective | 
| seasick | /x | Adjective | 
| touch and go | /// | Phrase, Adjective, Verb | 
| taken aback | /xx/ | Phrase, Adjective | 
| cranky | /x | Adjective | 
| subsea | x/ | Noun | 
| footed | /x | Adjective | 
| shoal | / | Noun | 
| abnormally | x/xx | Adverb | 
| above | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| abundant | x/x | Adjective | 
| accelerated | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| achievable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| acute | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| addition | x/x | Noun | 
| advanced | x/ | Adjective | 
| aggregate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| air | / | Noun, Verb | 
| alcoholic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| aloft | x/ | Adverb | 
| aloud | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| altitude | /xx | Noun | 
| alto | /x | Noun | 
| ambitious | x/x | Adjective | 
| ammo | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| amounted | x/x | Verb | 
| anhydrous | x/x | Adjective | 
| antiaircraft | xx/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| arid | /x | Adjective | 
| ashes | /x | Noun | 
| asylum | x/x | Noun | 
| ato | /x | Name | 
| attainable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| average | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| back | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| baked | / | Adjective | 
| baroness | /xx | Noun | 
| barren | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| best | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| blast | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bred | / | Noun | 
| broad | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| brut | / | Adjective | 
| buoyant | /x | Adjective | 
| burnt | / | Adjective | 
| busted | /x | Adjective | 
| calculated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| can | / | Verb, Noun | 
| capacity | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| carbonic | x/x | Adjective | 
| ceiling | /x | Noun | 
| chief | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| clean | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb | 
| climactic | x/x | Adjective | 
| climb | / | Verb, Noun | 
| close | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| clothes | / | Noun | 
| coarse | / | Adjective | 
| coke | / | Noun, Verb | 
| cold | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| commanding | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| commissioner | x/xx | Noun | 
| con | / | Noun, Verb | 
| condescending | xx/x | Adjective | 
| connaught | /x | Name | 
| considerable | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| contest | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| cool | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| costly | /x | Adjective | 
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective | 
| cure | / | Noun, Verb | 
| curt | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| damp | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| deadweight | /x | Noun | 
| dear | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| deep | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| degree | x/ | Noun | 
| demanding | x/x | Adjective | 
| densely | /x | Adverb | 
| desert | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| desiccated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| diminished | x/x | Adjective | 
| discharge | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| distinguished | x/x | Adjective | 
| ditch | / | Noun, Verb | 
| dominating | /xxx | Adjective | 
| dramatic | x/x | Adjective | 
| dredge | / | Noun, Verb | 
| drink | / | Noun, Verb | 
| drug | / | Noun, Verb | 
| dry out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| dry up | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| dryland | /x | Noun | 
| dryly | /x | Adverb | 
| dull | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| dust | / | Noun, Verb | 
| ebb | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| elated | x/x | Adjective | 
| elementary | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| elevate | /xx | Verb, Adjective | 
| eminent | /xx | Adjective | 
| empty | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| enormous | x/x | Adjective | 
| esa | /x | Name | 
| esteemed | x/ | Adjective | 
| euphoric | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| exacting | x/x | Adjective | 
| exalted | x/x | Adjective | 
| excellent | /xx | Adjective, Adverb | 
| excess | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| excessive | x/x | Adjective | 
| exorbitant | x/xx | Adjective | 
| expensive | x/x | Adjective | 
| exposure | x/x | Noun | 
| extensive | x/x | Adjective | 
| extreme | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| extremely | x/x | Adverb | 
| falsetto | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| far | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| farmed | / | Verb, Adjective | 
| fast | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| favorable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| fig | / | Name, Verb | 
| firm | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| flood | / | Noun, Verb | 
| forceful | /x | Adjective | 
| fort | / | Noun, Verb | 
| forte | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| fortress | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| forwards | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| frequent | /x | Adjective, Verb | 
| full | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| fumes | / | Noun | 
| gan | / | Noun, Verb | 
| gao | x/ | Name | 
| general | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| generous | /xx | Adjective | 
| go | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| graduate | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| gran | / | Noun | 
| grand | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| great | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| greatly | /x | Adverb | 
| hair | / | Noun, Verb | 
| halt | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| harsh | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| haut | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| haute | / | Adjective | 
| head | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| headspace | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| heat | / | Noun, Verb | 
| heavily | /xx | Adverb | 
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| hebrew | /x | Name, Adjective | 
| hefty | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| height | / | Noun | 
| heightened | /x | Adjective | 
