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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| a | x | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb | 
| above | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| absence | /x | Noun | 
| absolutely | xx/x | Adverb | 
| ac | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| aforesaid | x/x | Adjective | 
| again | x/ | Adverb | 
| ail | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| alexandria | xx/xx | Name | 
| alive | x/ | Adjective | 
| almost | /x | Adverb, Noun | 
| altogether | xx/x | Adverb, Noun | 
| amount | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| and | x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| another | x/x | Adjective | 
| answer | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| antacid | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| anything | /xx | Noun, Adverb | 
| anywhere | /xx | Adverb, Noun | 
| applicable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| appropriate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| approximately | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| are | / | Noun | 
| arkansas | /xx | Name | 
| armstrong | /x | Name | 
| around | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| at | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| athens | /x | Name | 
| aught | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| aye | / | Name, Adverb | 
| babe | / | Noun | 
| baby | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| badly | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| bakery | /xx | Noun | 
| baldwin | /x | Name | 
| bantam | /x | Name, Adjective | 
| barely | /x | Adverb | 
| baseball | // | Noun | 
| batch | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| bay | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| benefice | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| better | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| birdie | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| bit | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| bitty | /x | Adjective, Name | 
| bony | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| both | / | Noun | 
| boy | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| brand | / | Noun, Verb | 
| brat | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| brief | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| buddy | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| calf | / | Noun | 
| campbell | /x | Name | 
| carter | /x | Name | 
| certain | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| cheap | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| cheeky | /x | Adjective | 
| chick | / | Noun, Verb | 
| child | / | Noun, Verb | 
| collect | x/ | Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| collins | /x | Name | 
| completely | x/x | Adverb | 
| considerable | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| constantinople | xxx/x | Name | 
| counterfactual | /x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| couple | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| cream | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| cute | / | Adjective | 
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective | 
| darling | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| daughter | /x | Noun | 
| day | / | Noun, Verb | 
| dear | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| dearie | /x | Noun | 
| declarative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| des | / | Noun | 
| devious | /xx | Adjective | 
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| diminutive | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| dinky | /x | Adjective, Name | 
| disjunctive | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| do | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb | 
| dwarf | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| each | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| early | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| either | /x | Adverb | 
| elder | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| elfin | /x | Adjective, Name | 
| eliot | /xx | Name | 
| else | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| embarrassingly | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| enough | x/ | Adverb, Noun | 
| entire | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| entirely | x/xx | Adverb | 
| ever | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| every | /xx | Noun | 
| everybody | /xxx | Noun | 
| everyone | /xx | Noun | 
| everything | /xx | Noun | 
| evil | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| example | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| existential | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| exists | x/ | Verb | 
| fact | / | Noun | 
| faint | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| fairly | /x | Adverb | 
| far | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| feeble | /x | Adjective, Verb | 
| few | / | Noun | 
| fiddling | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| fig | / | Name, Verb | 
| fine | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| first | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| fishy | /x | Adjective | 
| fitzgerald | x/x | Name | 
| flea | / | Noun, Verb | 
| foremost | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| full | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| fully | /x | Adverb, Verb | 
| gal | / | Noun | 
| girl | / | Noun, Verb | 
| girlie | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| gradually | /xxx | Adverb | 
| granddaughter | /xx | Noun | 
| great | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| hardly | /x | Adverb | 
| harvey | /x | Name | 
| have | / | Verb, Noun | 
| heartless | /x | Adjective | 
| hi | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| hic | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| humble | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| ic | x | Name, Adjective | 
| ill | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| immature | xx/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| immoderate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| importantly | x/xx | Adverb | 
| inadequately | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| inexpensive | xx/x | Adjective | 
| infant | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| infinitesimal | xxx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| infrequently | x/xx | Adverb | 
| inquiries | x/xx | Noun | 
| insignificant | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| insufficiently | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| intimate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| introverted | /xxx | Adjective | 
| irrespective | xx/x | Adjective | 
| issues | /x | Adjective | 
| james | / | Name | 
| junior | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| just | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| kelly | /x | Name | 
| kennedy | /xx | Name | 
| key | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| kid | / | Noun, Verb | 
| kiddo | /x | Noun | 
| kind | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| kinda | /x | Noun, Adverb | 
| kis | / | Adverb | 
| kitty | /x | Noun | 
| l | x | Noun, Adjective | 
| lack | / | Noun, Verb | 
| lad | / | Noun | 
| lai | / | Name | 
| lamb | / | Noun, Verb | 
| large | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| largely | /x | Adverb | 
| las | / | Adverb | 
| laurel | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| lawrence | /x | Name | 
| lay | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| lean | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| least | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| light | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb | 
| lightly | /x | Adverb | 
| lille | / | Name | 
| limited | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| lite | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| long | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| loosely | /x | Adverb | 
| lot | / | Noun, Verb | 
| low | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| lowercase | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| lowly | /x | Adjective, Adverb | 
| malo | /x | Name | 
| many | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| marginally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| maximum | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| mcdonald | x/x | Name | 
| meager | /x | Adjective, Verb | 
| meagre | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| mean | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| mic | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| mica | /x | Noun | 
| micro | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| microscopic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| midget | /x | Noun | 
| mildly | /x | Adverb | 
| min | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| mini | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| miniature | /xxx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| minimally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| minimum | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| miniscule | /xx | Adjective | 
| minor | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| minuscule | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| minute | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| miserly | /xx | Adjective | 
| missy | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| moderately | /xxx | Adverb | 
| modestly | /xx | Adverb | 
| moore | / | Name | 
| morris | /x | Name, Verb | 
| morrison | /xx | Name | 
| mottled | /x | Adjective | 
| namely | /x | Adverb | 
| narrow | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| near | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| nearly | /x | Adverb | 
| necessary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| negligible | /xxx | Adjective | 
| neither | /x | Adverb | 
| never | /x | Adverb | 
| nickel | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| niggling | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| nil | / | Noun | 
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| none | / | Noun, Adverb | 
| nor | / | Noun | 
| not | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| nothing | /x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| o | x | Noun, Adjective | 
| older | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| only | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| overdosage | /xxx | Noun | 
| pal | / | Noun, Verb | 
| particular | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| peanut | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| penalty | /xx | Noun | 
| perfectly | /xx | Adverb | 
| pet | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| petit | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| petite | x/ | Adjective, Name | 
| petty | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| pi | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| pic | / | Noun | 
| picayune | xx/ | Name, Adjective | 
| piccolo | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| piece | / | Noun, Verb | 
| plenty | /x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | |
| poor | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| poorly | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| possible | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| practically | /xx | Adverb | 
| pretty | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| primary | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| provoking | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| puny | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| pup | / | Noun, Verb | 
| questions | /x | Noun | 
| quick | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| quite | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| rare | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| rarely | /x | Adverb | 
| rather | /x | Adverb, Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| really | /x | Adverb, Verb | 
| recently | /xx | Adverb | 
| reduced | x/ | Adjective | 
| regardless | x/x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| relatively | /xxx | Adverb | 
| relevant | /xx | Adjective | 
| restricted | x/x | Adjective | 
| reynolds | /x | Name | 
| right | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| rookie | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| roughly | /x | Adverb | 
| round | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| rudimentary | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| same | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| sane | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| scant | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb | 
| scanty | /x | Adjective | 
| scarce | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| scarcely | /x | Adverb | 
| scrawny | /x | Adjective | 
| second | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| seldom | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| sentence | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| shallow | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| short | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| shortly | /x | Adverb | 
| shorty | /x | Name | 
| simple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| skinny | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| sleepy | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| slender | /x | Adjective | 
| slightly | /x | Adverb | 
| slim | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| slow | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb | 
| slowly | /x | Adverb | 
| sly | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb | 
| small | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| smallholder | /xx | Noun | 
| sneak | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| snip | / | Noun, Verb | 
| so | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| soft | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| some | / | Adverb | 
| sometime | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| somewhat | // | Adverb, Noun | 
| son | / | Noun, Verb | 
| sonny | /x | Name | 
| soon | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| sparingly | /xx | Adverb | 
| sparsely | /x | Adverb | 
| stag | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| step | / | Noun, Verb | 
| still | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| stingy | /x | Adjective | 
| stinky | /x | Adjective, Name | 
| strand | / | Noun, Verb | 
| stuff | / | Noun, Verb | 
| such | / | Noun | 
| sufficiently | x/xx | Adverb | 
| sweet | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| sweetheart | /x | Noun | 
| sweetie | /x | Noun | 
| tad | / | Noun | 
| teeny | /x | Adjective | 
| tenuous | /xx | Adjective | 
| than | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| then | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| there | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| things | / | Noun | 
| thinly | /x | Adverb | 
| this | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| throughout | x/ | Adverb | 
| tight | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| time | / | Noun, Verb | 
| timid | /x | Adjective | 
| tiny | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| toda | /x | Noun | 
| too | / | Adverb | 
| tooth | / | Noun, Verb | 
| total | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| totally | /xx | Adverb | 
| tout | / | Verb, Noun | 
| toy | / | Noun, Verb | 
| trifle | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| trivial | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| true | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| uncommon | x/x | Adjective, Adverb | 
| undersized | /xx | Adjective | 
| undivided | xx/x | Adjective | 
| unfamiliar | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| ungenerous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unimportant | xx/x | Adjective | 
| uninteresting | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unlikely | x/x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| unspecified | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unusual | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| utmost | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| valentine | /xx | Name | 
| very | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| virtually | /xxx | Adverb | 
| vulgar | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| weakly | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| wee | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| what | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| whatever | x/x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| whatsoever | xx/x | Adverb | 
| when | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| whichever | x/x | |
| whole | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| wholly | /x | Adverb | 
| wide | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| wilson | /x | Name | 
| without | x/ | Adverb | 
| wrong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| young | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| youngblood | /x | Name | 
| youngster | /x | Noun | 
| yuppie | /x | Noun | 
| zero | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
