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WordSyllablesCategories
ablaze
x/
Adverb, Adjective
accordance
x/x
Noun
account
x/
Noun, Verb
addressing
x/x
Noun
advertisement
x/xx
Noun
aftermath
/xx
Noun
against
x/
Noun
agile
/x
Noun, Adjective
airy
/x
Adjective, Noun
alight
x/
Adverb, Verb, Adjective
aloud
x/
Adverb, Adjective
amid
x/
Noun
angle
/x
Noun, Verb
ashy
/x
Adjective
aspect
/x
Noun, Verb
attending
x/x
Adjective, Noun
attention
x/x
Noun
aura
/x
Noun
baby
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
backdrop
/x
Noun, Verb
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
base
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
basis
/x
Noun
beacon
/x
Noun, Verb
beam
/
Noun, Verb
bed
/
Noun, Verb
birth
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bluish
/x
Adjective
bonfire
/xx
Noun, Verb
book
/
Noun, Verb
boring
/x
Adjective, Noun
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
boy
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
brigade
x/
Noun, Verb
bright
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
brightness
/x
Noun
brilliance
/x
Noun
brown
/
Name, Adjective, Verb
browsing
/x
Noun
bulb
/
Noun, Verb
buoyant
/x
Adjective
burning
/x
Noun, Adjective
candle
/x
Noun, Verb
candlelight
/xx
Noun
casual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
catechetical
/x/xx
Adjective
cause
/
Noun, Verb
chiffon
x/
Noun
choice
/
Noun, Adjective
claire
/
Name
clarification
xxx/x
Noun
clarity
/xx
Noun
clean
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
coke
/
Noun, Verb
cola
/x
Noun
colour
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
comprehension
xx/x
Noun
concentration
xx/x
Noun
conformity
x/xx
Noun
conjunction
x/x
Noun
connection
x/x
Noun
consequence
/xx
Noun, Verb
consequent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
consideration
xxx/x
Noun
consultation
xx/x
Noun
content
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
context
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
continued
x/x
Adjective, Noun
corner
/x
Noun, Verb
corona
x/x
Noun, Verb
counting
/x
Noun
dark
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
dawn
/
Noun, Verb
day
/
Noun, Verb
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
dealing
/x
Noun
debate
x/
Noun, Verb
deficient
x/x
Adjective, Noun
delivered
x/x
Adjective
diet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
digestible
x/xx
Adjective
dimmer
/x
Noun
ding
/
Noun, Verb
discussing
x/x
Verb
discussion
x/x
Noun
dismount
xx
Verb, Noun
disrepute
xx/
Noun, Verb
distorting
x/x
Adjective
documentaries
xx/xx
Noun
drawing
/x
Noun
due
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
dusky
/x
Adjective, Noun
easiest
/xx
Adjective
electricity
xx/xx
Noun
elucidate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
emphasize
/xx
Verb
empty
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
enlighten
x/x
Verb
enlightenment
x/xx
Noun
ether
/x
Noun, Verb
examination
xxx/x
Noun
examining
x/xx
Noun
exegesis
x/xx
Noun
extinguish
x/x
Verb
eye
/
Noun, Verb
face
/
Noun, Verb
fact
/
Noun
faint
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
feathery
/xx
Adjective, Noun
feature
/x
Noun, Verb
feu
/
Noun, Verb
filament
/xx
Noun
finding
/x
Noun
fire up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
firelight
/x
Noun
firing
/x
Noun
fixture
/x
Noun, Verb
flagship
/x
Noun, Verb
flame
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
flare
/
Noun, Verb
flashlight
/x
Noun, Verb
flicker
/x
Noun, Verb
flimsy
/x
Adjective, Noun
flood
/
Noun, Verb
fluorescence
x/x
Noun
fluorescent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
focus
/x
Noun, Verb
following
/xx
Adjective, Noun
fooling
/x
Noun
fore
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
framework
/x
Noun
friable
xxx
Adjective
frivolous
/xx
Adjective
frothy
/x
Adjective, Noun
fun
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
function
/x
Noun, Verb
fuse
/
Noun, Verb
fuzzy
/x
Adjective, Noun
gaslight
/x
Noun, Verb
gaze
/
Noun, Verb
gentle
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
get down
//
Phrase, Verb
get off
//
Phrase, Verb
given
/x
Noun, Adjective
glance
/
Noun, Verb
glare
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
gleam
/
Noun, Verb
glimmer
/x
Noun, Verb
glory
/x
Noun, Verb
glowing
/x
Noun, Adjective
grading
/x
Noun
grammar
/x
Noun, Verb
grayish
/x
Adjective
greenish
/x
Adjective, Noun
halo
/x
Noun, Verb
handgun
/x
Noun
handling
/x
Noun
handwriting
/xx
Noun
handy
/x
Adjective, Noun
headlamp
//
Noun
headlight
/x
Noun
hearing
/x
Noun, Adjective
heat
/
Noun, Verb
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
held
/
Verb
highlighting
/xx
Noun, Adjective
hosted
/x
Verb
house
/
Noun, Verb
idea
x/x
Noun
idle
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
ignis fatuus
/x//
Phrase, Noun
ignite
x/
Verb
ill
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
illuminance
x/xx
Noun
illuminating
x/xxx
Adjective
illumination
xxx/x
Noun
illumine
x/x
Verb
image
/x
Noun, Verb
incandescent
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
indicator
/xxx
Noun
inflamed
x/
Adjective
inform
x/
Verb, Adjective
inner light
/x/
Phrase, Noun
insight
/x
Noun
insignificant
xx/xx
Adjective
instruction
x/x
Noun
insufficient
xx/x
Adjective
interpretation
xxx/x
Noun
interpreting
/xxx
Noun
irradiance
x/xx
Noun
jaw
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
kept
/
Adjective
kid
/
Noun, Verb
kiddo
/x
Noun
kindergarten
/xxx
Noun
kindle
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
lamp
/
Noun, Verb
lamplight
/x
Noun
lamppost
/x
Noun
lantern
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
late
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
lean
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
leavened
/x
Adjective
lecture
/x
Noun, Verb
lee
/
Name, Adjective
leer
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
leger
/x
Name, Adjective, Verb
legibility
xx/xx
Noun
lenient
/xx
Adjective, Noun
lens
/
Noun, Verb
lesser
/x
Adjective, Noun
leyte
/x
Name
liable
/xx
Adjective
library
/xx
Noun
licht
/
Noun
life
/
Noun, Verb
light up
//
Phrase, Verb
light within
/x/
Phrase, Noun
lighthouse
/x
Noun
lighting
/x
Noun
lightly
/x
Adverb
lightness
/x
Noun
lightning
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
lightweight
//
Adjective, Noun, Verb
limelight
/x
Noun, Verb
line
/
Noun, Verb
lira
/x
Noun
lis
/
Noun
listening
/xx
Noun, Adjective
lite
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
literacy
/xxx
Noun
livid
/x
Adjective
look
/
Verb, Noun
loose
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
lucifer
/xx
Name
lumen
/x
Noun
luminance
/xx
Noun
luminescence
xx/x
Noun
luminosity
xx/xx
Noun
luminous
/xx
Adjective
lustre
/x
Noun, Verb
léger
x
Name
maltese
x/
Adjective, Name
manifest
/xx
Adjective, Verb, Noun
marginal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
match
/
Noun, Verb
math
/
Noun, Verb
meaning
/x
Noun, Adjective
measurement
/xx
Noun
micro
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
microscopy
x/xx
Noun
mild
/
Adjective, Noun
mind
/
Noun, Verb
mindful
/x
Adjective, Noun
mini
/x
Noun, Adjective
minor
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
mirage
x/
Noun, Verb
mirror
/x
Noun, Verb
misreading
x/x
Noun
moderate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
modest
/x
Adjective
module
/x
Noun
modulus
/xx
Noun
moon
/
Noun, Verb
moonlight
/x
Noun, Verb
moonshine
/x
Noun, Verb
mowing
/x
Noun
nimble
/x
Adjective, Verb
nimbus
/x
Noun
nonfat
//
Adjective
obligation
xx/x
Noun
obliged
x/
Adjective
obliterate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
observation
xx/x
Noun
on
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
optic
/x
Adjective, Noun
optical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
order
/x
Noun, Verb
owing
/x
Adjective
pale
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
pane
/
Noun, Verb
panty
/x
Noun
pastel
x/
Noun
perch
/
Noun, Verb
perspective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
perusing
x/x
Noun
petit
/x
Noun, Adjective
petty
/x
Adjective, Noun
phare
/
Name
phosphorescent
/x/x
Adjective, Noun
photon
/x
Noun
pickup
/x
Noun, Verb
picture
/x
Noun, Verb
pinkish
/x
Adjective
placing
/x
Noun
playback
/x
Noun
ploughing
/x
Noun
poring over
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
portable
/xx
Adjective, Noun
powdery
/xx
Adjective
primary
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
primer
/x
Noun, Adjective
prism
/x
Noun
procedure
x/x
Noun
processing
/xx
Noun
promiscuous
/xx
Adjective
proofreading
/xx
Noun
prospect
/x
Noun, Verb
pure
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
radar
/x
Noun, Verb
radiance
/xx
Noun
radiation
xx/x
Noun
rainbow
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
ray
/
Noun, Verb
read
/
Verb, Noun
readability
xx/xx
Noun
reader
/x
Noun
readership
/xx
Noun
readings
/x
Noun
readout
/x
Noun
reason
/x
Noun, Verb
recital
x/x
Noun
recitation
xx/x
Noun
reciting
x/x
Noun
reddened
/x
Adjective
reddish
/x
Adjective, Noun
reference
/xx
Noun, Verb
reflect
x/
Verb
regard
x/
Noun, Verb
rehearsal
x/x
Noun
reinterpretation
xxxx/x
Noun
relation
x/x
Noun
relationship
x/xx
Noun
required
x/x
Adjective
respect
x/
Noun, Verb
response
x/
Noun
result
x/
Noun, Verb
reveal
x/
Verb, Noun
reviewing
x/x
Noun
right
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
role
/
Noun
root
/
Noun, Verb
rosy
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
rote
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
round
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
sandy
/x
Name, Adjective
saw
/
Verb, Noun
scanning
/x
Noun
scant
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
searchlight
/x
Noun, Verb
selections
x/x
Noun
semaphore
x/x
Noun, Verb
sense
/
Noun, Verb
service
/x
Noun, Verb
shadow
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
shaft
/
Noun, Verb
shallow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
shine
/
Verb, Noun
short
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
sick
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
sight
/
Noun, Verb
signal
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
silvery
/xx
Adjective
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
situation
xx/x
Noun
skimming
/x
Noun
slight
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
slim
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
small
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
soft
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
spark
/
Noun, Verb
sparkle
/x
Noun, Verb
sparse
/
Adjective, Verb
spirit
/x
Noun, Verb
spotlight
/x
Noun, Verb
standpoint
/x
Noun
stare
/
Verb, Noun
starlight
/x
Noun
starting
/x
Noun
stoplight
/x
Noun
stove
/
Noun, Verb
streamer
/x
Noun
strip lighting
//x
Phrase, Noun
student
/x
Noun, Adjective
studying
/xx
Noun
subtle
/x
Adjective
suite
/
Noun
sun
/
Noun, Verb
sunlight
/x
Noun, Verb
sunlit
/x
Adjective
sunshine
/x
Noun, Adjective
surface
/x
Noun, Verb
switch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
swooning
/x
Noun
synchrotron
xxx
Noun
tackling
/x
Noun
taken
/x
Adjective
teaching
/x
Noun
telling
/x
Adjective, Noun
temperate
/x
Adjective, Verb
tenor
/x
Noun, Adjective
text
/
Noun, Verb
thermometer
x/xx
Noun
thin
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
time
/
Noun, Verb
tiny
/x
Adjective, Noun
torch
/
Noun, Verb
torchlight
/x
Noun
traffic light
/x/
Phrase, Noun
traffic signal
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
trailer
/x
Noun, Verb
treatment
/x
Noun
tripping
/x
Noun, Adjective
trivial
/xx
Adjective, Noun
truth
/
Noun, Verb
turkish
/x
Adjective, Noun
turn
/
Verb, Noun
tutorial
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
twilight
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
undemanding
xx/x
Adjective
under
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
understanding
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
unimportant
xx/x
Adjective
unstressed
x/
Adjective
value
/x
Noun, Verb
vein
/
Noun, Verb
version
/x
Noun, Verb
viewing
/x
Noun
viewpoint
/x
Noun
virtue
/x
Noun
vision
/x
Noun, Verb
vista
/x
Noun, Verb
wake
/
Verb, Noun
wakeful
/x
Adjective
wanton
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
waves
/
Noun
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
weak
/
Adjective
wee
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
weedy
/x
Adjective
weightless
/x
Adjective
white
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
wobble
/x
Noun, Verb
wording
/x
Noun
writing
/x
Noun
yardstick
/x
Noun
yellowish
/xx
Adjective
young
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb