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WordSyllablesCategories
ability
x/xx
Noun
able
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
above
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
abovementioned
x/xx
Adjective
academic
xx/x
Adjective, Name
acme
/x
Noun
across
x/
Adverb, Noun
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
action
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
activity
x/xx
Noun
adequacy
/xxx
Noun
aerodrome
/xx
Noun
aforementioned
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
agent
/x
Noun
airfield
/x
Noun
airport
/x
Noun
airstrip
/x
Noun
alan
/x
Name
alarm
x/
Noun, Verb
altitude
/xx
Noun
ambit
xx
Noun
amount
x/
Noun, Verb
apron
/x
Noun, Verb
architecture
/xxx
Noun
area
/xx
Noun
arena
x/x
Noun
armageddon
xx/x
Name
around
x/
Adverb, Adjective
art
/
Noun
artillery
x/xx
Noun
aspect
/x
Noun, Verb
assuming
x/x
Noun, Adjective
athletic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
attainment
x/x
Noun
attic
/x
Noun, Adjective
average
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
balanced
/x
Adjective
ball
/
Noun, Verb
ball field
//
Phrase, Noun
band
/
Noun, Verb
bar
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bare
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
baseball
//
Noun
based
/
Verb, Adjective
baseline
/x
Noun, Verb
basement
/x
Noun
basis
/x
Noun
battle
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
battlefield
/xx
Noun
battleground
/xx
Noun
beach
/
Noun, Verb
beating
/x
Noun
behalf
x/
Noun
blueprint
/x
Noun, Verb
both
/
Noun
boundary
/xx
Noun
bowing
/x
Noun
bowling
/x
Noun
bowling green
/x/
Phrase, Noun
box
/
Noun, Verb
branch
/
Noun, Verb
breadth
/
Noun
breeding
/x
Noun, Adjective
bringing
/x
Noun
broadcast
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
bumpy
/x
Adjective
business
/x
Noun, Adjective
caliber
/xx
Noun
calibre
/xx
Noun
camp
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
campaign
x/
Noun, Verb
campground
/x
Noun
campo
/x
Noun
campus
/x
Noun, Verb
capacity
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
card
/
Noun, Verb
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
catching
/x
Noun, Adjective
categories
/xxx
Adjective
ceiling
/x
Noun
cell
/
Noun, Verb
cellar
/x
Noun, Verb
cellular
/xx
Adjective, Noun
center
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
champ
/
Noun, Verb
champagne
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
champaign
x/
Name, Adjective
chapter
/x
Noun, Verb
character
/xx
Noun, Verb
charge
/
Noun, Verb
cheek
/
Noun, Verb
children
/x
Verb
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
class
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
classification
xxx/x
Noun
classroom
/x
Noun
climax
/x
Noun, Verb
coaching
/x
Noun
coalfield
/x
Noun
coefficient
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
comes
/
Noun
community
x/xx
Noun
competence
/xx
Noun
competency
/xxx
Noun
competition
xx/x
Noun
composing
x/x
Adjective
concentration
xx/x
Noun
conducting
x/x
Noun
connection
x/x
Noun
constituency
x/xxx
Noun
content
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
context
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
contracting
/xx
Noun, Adjective
contributing
x/xx
Verb
corn
/
Noun, Verb
cornfield
/x
Noun
country
/x
Noun, Adjective
countryside
/xx
Noun
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
court
/
Noun, Verb
coverage
/xx
Noun
craftsmanship
/xx
Noun
crooked
/x
Adjective
cycle
/x
Noun, Verb
daisy
/x
Name
day
/
Noun, Verb
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
deck
/
Noun, Verb
degree
x/
Noun
department
x/x
Noun
deposit
x/x
Noun, Verb
depth
/
Noun
development
x/xx
Noun
diagram
/xx
Noun, Verb
diamond
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
dimension
x/x
Noun, Verb
directing
x/x
Adjective
direction
x/x
Noun
discharge
x/
Noun, Verb
disciplinary
/xxxx
Adjective, Noun
discipline
/xx
Noun, Verb
dismantle
x/x
Verb
distraction
x/x
Noun
divinity
x/xx
Noun
divisibility
x/x/xx
Noun
doing
/x
Noun
domain
x/
Noun
domaine
x/
Noun
dominance
/xx
Noun
domination
xx/x
Noun
doorstep
/x
Noun, Verb
dose
/
Noun, Verb
drape
/
Noun, Verb
drawing
/x
Noun
dumb show
//
Phrase, Noun
dwell
/
Verb, Noun
eating
/x
Noun, Adjective
echelon
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
education
xx/x
Noun
effectiveness
x/xx
Noun
electric field
x/x/
Name, Name
elevation
xx/x
Noun
enactment
x/x
Noun
endeavour
x/x
Noun, Verb
endowment
x/x
Noun
engagement
x/x
Noun
engineering
/x/x
Noun
entertainment
xx/x
Noun
envelope
/xx
Noun, Verb
environment
x/xx
Noun
equal
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
equality
x/xx
Noun
equalization
xxx/x
Noun
equitable
/xxx
Adjective
erect
x/
Adjective, Verb
estate
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
even
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
even out
/x/
Phrase, Verb
exercising
/xxx
Noun
expatriate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
expeditionary
xx/xxx
Name, Adjective
experience
x/xx
Noun, Verb
extension
x/x
Noun
extent
x/
Noun, Adjective
exterior
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
external
x/x
Adjective, Noun
extreme
x/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
face
/
Noun, Verb
fair
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
farm
/
Noun, Verb
farmer
/x
Noun
favour
/x
Noun, Verb
fiddling
/x
Noun, Adjective
field of battle
///x
Phrase, Noun
field of force
///
Phrase, Noun
field of view
///
Phrase, Noun
fielded
/x
Verb
fieldwork
/x
Noun
fight
/
Verb, Noun
figure
/x
Noun, Verb
filling
/x
Noun, Adjective
finding
/x
Noun
first floor
//
Phrase, Noun
flat
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
flatbed
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
floor
/
Noun, Verb
flower
/x
Noun, Verb
flush
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
flux
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
focus
/x
Noun, Verb
foot
/
Noun, Verb
football
/x
Noun, Verb
force field
//
Phrase, Noun
forces
/x
Noun
fore
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
forefront
/x
Noun, Verb
foreground
/x
Noun, Verb
foreign
/x
Adjective, Name
formal
/x
Adjective, Noun
forum
/x
Noun
framework
/x
Noun
frequency
/xx
Noun
friend
/
Noun, Verb
frolicking
/xx
Noun
front
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
front line
//
Phrase, Noun
frontier
x/
Noun, Verb
fulfilling
x/x
Adjective, Noun
fun
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gamble
/x
Noun, Verb
game
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gameplay
/x
Noun
garret
/x
Noun
gestion
/x
Noun
golf
/
Noun, Verb
grade
/
Noun, Verb
graduation
xx/x
Noun
grain
/
Noun, Verb
grass
/
Noun, Verb
gravitational field
xx/xx/
Phrase, Noun
gravity
/xx
Noun
green
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
gridiron
/xx
Noun, Verb
ground
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
ground floor
//
Phrase, Noun
ground level
//x
Phrase, Noun
groundwork
/x
Noun
group
/
Noun, Verb
hamming
/x
Name
hand
/
Noun, Verb
handle
/x
Verb, Noun
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
having
/x
Noun, Adjective
headed
/x
Adjective
height
/
Noun
held
/
Noun
hematological
/xx/xx
Adjective
heroics
x/x
Noun
hierarchy
/xxx
Noun
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
hire
/x
Verb, Noun
hockey
/x
Noun
horizontal
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
house
/
Noun, Verb
huddle
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
humanities
x/xx
Noun
hunting
/x
Noun
ice
/
Noun, Verb
impersonation
xxx/x
Noun
importance
x/x
Noun
imported
x/x
Adjective
improvisational
xxx/xx
Adjective
incidence
/xx
Noun
increase
x/
Noun, Verb
increment
/xx
Noun, Verb
index
/x
Noun, Verb
induction
x/x
Noun
industry
/xx
Noun
instance
/x
Noun, Verb
intensity
x/xx
Noun
interact
xx/
Verb, Noun
interval
/xx
Noun
issue
/x
Noun, Verb
item
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
joking
/x
Verb, Noun
joy
/
Noun, Verb
kidding
/x
Noun
kind
/
Noun, Adjective
kindergarten
/xxx
Noun
kingdom
/x
Noun
laboratory
/xxx
Noun
ladder
/x
Noun, Verb
land
/
Noun, Verb
landing field
/x/
Phrase, Noun
landing strip
/x/
Phrase, Noun
landscape
/x
Noun, Verb
lap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
laughing
/x
Noun
lawn
/
Noun, Verb
layer
/x
Noun, Verb
leveled
/x
Verb
lever
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
liberal arts
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
limit
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
line
/
Noun, Verb
lisa
/x
Name
local
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
loco
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
loft
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
lot
/
Noun, Verb
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
macro
/x
Adjective, Noun
magnetic field
x/x/
Phrase, Noun
magnitude
/xx
Noun
major
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
manage
/x
Verb, Noun
management
/xx
Noun
managerial
xx/xx
Adjective
map
/
Noun, Verb
margin
/x
Noun, Verb
marketplace
/xx
Noun
mate
/
Noun, Verb
material
x/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
matte
/
Noun, Adjective
matter
/x
Noun, Verb
meadow
/x
Noun
measure
/x
Noun, Verb
measurement
/xx
Noun
medan
xx
Name
mentoring
/xx
Noun
messing
/x
Noun
mezzanine
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
middleman
/xx
Noun, Verb
midfield
/x
Noun
military science
/xxx/x
Phrase, Noun
mime
/
Noun, Verb
minefield
/x
Noun
mineralogical
xxx/xx
Adjective
minimum
/xx
Noun, Adjective
mission
/x
Noun, Verb
mobile
/x
Adjective, Name
monitoring
/xxx
Noun
moor
/
Noun, Verb
moorland
/x
Noun
motive
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
mouse
/
Noun, Verb
movable
/xx
Adjective, Noun
moving
/x
Adjective, Noun
much
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
music
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
name
/
Noun, Verb
nature
/x
Noun, Verb
network
/x
Noun, Verb
number
/x
Noun, Verb
oblast
/x
Noun
officer
/xx
Noun, Verb
offices
/xx
Noun
olympia
x/xx
Name
one
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
operational
xx/xx
Adjective
operations
xx/x
Adjective
orbit
/x
Noun, Verb
order
/x
Noun, Verb
organisation
xxx/x
Noun
organizational
xxx/xx
Adjective
orientated
/xxxx
Adjective
oriented
/xxx
Adjective
outboard
/x
Adjective, Noun
outbound
/x
Adjective, Noun
outdoor
/x
Adjective, Verb
outer
/x
Adjective, Noun
outside
//
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
outward
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
overseas
/x/
Adjective, Adverb
pace
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
pack
/
Noun, Verb
paddy
/x
Noun, Adjective
pantomime
/xx
Noun, Verb
par
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
paralegal
xx/x
Noun
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
pasture
/x
Noun, Verb
pattern
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
peace
/
Noun, Verb
peak
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
percentage
x/x
Noun
performance
x/x
Noun
performing
x/x
Noun
perspective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
phase
/
Noun, Verb
piano
x/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
picking
/x
Noun
pinnacle
/xx
Noun, Verb
pitch
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
place
/
Noun, Verb
plain
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
plan
/
Noun, Verb
plane
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
planet
/x
Noun
plano
/x
Noun
plantation
x/x
Noun
platform
/x
Noun, Verb
playback
/x
Noun
played
/
Noun
player
/x
Noun
playful
/x
Adjective
playground
/x
Noun
playing field
/x/
Phrase, Noun
playtime
/x
Noun
plot
/
Noun, Verb
point
/
Noun, Verb
policy
/xx
Noun, Verb
portable
/xx
Adjective, Noun
portrayal
x/x
Noun
position
x/x
Noun, Verb
post
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
practice
/x
Noun, Verb
prairie
/x
Noun
premises
/xx
Noun
preserve
x/
Verb, Noun
pretending
x/x
Noun
price
/
Noun, Verb
priorities
x/xx
Verb
procurement
x/x
Noun
production
x/x
Noun
productivity
xx/xx
Noun
profession
x/x
Noun
proficiency
x/xx
Noun
profile
/x
Noun, Verb
project
/x
Noun, Verb
prong
/
Noun, Verb
proofreading
/xx
Noun
property
/xx
Noun, Verb
proportion
x/x
Noun, Verb
province
/x
Noun
provision
x/x
Noun, Verb
psychophysiological
xxxxx/xx
Adjective
psychotherapeutic
xxxx/x
Adjective
pull down
//
Phrase, Verb
purpose
/x
Noun, Verb
purview
/x
Noun
put up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
quality
/xx
Noun, Adjective
quantity
/xx
Noun
quantum
/x
Noun, Adjective
question
/x
Noun, Verb
quickening
/xx
Noun
quotient
/x
Noun
raise
/
Verb, Noun
rang
/
Noun
range
/
Noun, Verb
rank
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
rate
/
Noun, Verb
ratio
/xx
Noun, Verb
raven
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
raze
/
Verb, Noun
reach
/
Verb, Noun
realm
/
Noun
rear
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
rebel
/x
Noun, Verb
reciting
x/x
Noun
recruiting
x/x
Noun
recruitment
x/x
Noun
regard
x/
Noun, Verb
region
/x
Noun
regional
/xx
Adjective, Name
rein
/
Noun, Verb
related
x/x
Adjective
relation
x/x
Noun
remit
x/
Noun, Verb
replay
x/
Noun, Verb
replicating
/xxx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
replication
xx/x
Noun
reproduced
xx/
Verb
reproduction
xx/x
Noun
reproductive
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
requirement
x/x
Noun
research
x/
Noun, Verb
reservoir
/xx
Noun, Verb
resident
/xx
Noun, Adjective
respect
x/
Noun, Verb
responsibility
xxx/xx
Noun
resultant
x/x
Adjective, Noun
rheological
xx/xx
Adjective
ribbon
/x
Noun, Verb
rice paddy
//x
Phrase, Noun
roaming
/x
Noun
room
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
rough
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
running
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
runway
/x
Noun
rural
/x
Adjective, Noun
salinity
x/xx
Noun
same
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
scale
/
Noun, Verb
scene
/
Noun, Verb
scheme
/
Noun, Verb
school
/
Noun, Verb
science
/x
Noun, Verb
scope
/
Noun, Verb
score
/
Noun, Verb
sea
/
Noun
secondary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
section
/x
Noun, Verb
sector
/x
Noun
sense
/
Noun, Verb
seriousness
/xxx
Noun
serving
/x
Noun
set
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
set up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
severity
x/xx
Noun
share
/
Noun, Verb
shave
/
Verb, Noun
shield
/
Noun, Verb
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
significance
x/xx
Noun
singing
/x
Noun, Adjective
site
/
Noun, Verb
situ
xx
Noun
situation
xx/x
Noun
size
/
Noun, Verb
skating
/x
Noun
skit
/
Noun, Verb
sleeping
/x
Noun, Adjective
soccer
/x
Noun, Verb
soil
/
Noun, Verb
solo
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
solving
/x
Noun
sonatas
x/x
Noun
space
/
Noun, Verb
speciality
xx/xx
Noun
specialty
/xx
Noun
spectroscopic
x/xx
Adjective
spectrum
/x
Noun
sphere
/
Noun, Verb
spirit level
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
sport
/
Noun, Verb
spot
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
square
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
ssa
x
Name, Adjective
stadium
/xx
Noun
staff
/
Noun, Verb
stage
/
Noun, Verb
stair
/
Noun
stake
/
Noun, Verb
stall
/
Noun, Verb
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
standard of living
/x//x
Phrase, Noun
standpoint
/x
Noun
state
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
state of the art
//x/
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
stature
/x
Noun
status
/x
Noun
steady
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
step
/
Noun, Verb
stepladder
/xx
Noun
steppe
/
Noun
storey
/x
Noun
story
/x
Noun, Verb
straight
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
strata
/x
Noun
strawberry
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
stream
/
Noun, Verb
strength
/
Noun, Verb
strip
/
Noun, Verb
structured
/x
Adjective
study
/x
Noun, Verb
subject
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
substance
/x
Noun, Verb
subsystem
/xx
Noun
sum
/
Noun, Verb
summit
/x
Noun, Verb
superlative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
supervisory
xx/xx
Adjective
surrounding
x/x
Noun
systematic
xx/x
Adjective, Adverb
take down
//
Phrase, Verb
taking
/x
Adjective, Noun
talking
/x
Noun
tasks
/
Noun
taxiway
/xx
Noun
teaching
/x
Noun
tear down
//
Phrase, Verb
technology
x/xx
Noun
telling
/x
Adjective, Noun
ten
/
Noun
tenor
/x
Noun, Adjective
terms
/
Adjective
terrain
x/
Noun
terrestrial
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
territory
/xxx
Noun
testing
/x
Noun, Adjective
theme
/
Noun, Verb
theology
x/xx
Noun
threshold
/x
Noun
throughout
x/
Adverb
tier
/
Noun, Verb
tin
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
tinkering
/xx
Noun
title
/x
Noun, Verb
tolerance
/xx
Noun, Verb
top
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
topic
/x
Noun, Adjective
touching
/x
Adjective, Noun
toy
/
Noun, Verb
track
/
Noun, Verb
tundra
/x
Noun
tune
/
Noun, Verb
turf
/
Noun, Verb
type
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
union
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
unit
/x
Noun, Adjective
unwavering
x/xx
Adjective
upgrade
x/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
upper
/x
Adjective, Noun
valley
/x
Noun, Verb
value
/x
Noun, Verb
varying
/xx
Noun
veld
x
Noun
versatile
/xx
Adjective
view
/
Noun, Verb
viremia
x/xx
Noun
vision
/x
Noun, Verb
vista
/x
Noun, Verb
vivo
/x
Verb
volume
/x
Noun, Verb
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
weighted
/x
Adjective
wheat
/
Noun, Adjective
whole
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
wide
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
winery
/xx
Noun
work
/
Noun, Verb
workflow
/x
Noun
worksite
/x
Noun
world
/
Noun, Verb
yard
/
Noun, Verb
zonal
/x
Adjective
zone
/
Noun, Verb