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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| poetry | /xx | Noun |
| prosody | /xx | Noun |
| verse | / | Noun |
| accent | x/ | Noun |
| lilting | /x | Noun |
| rhythm | /x | Noun |
| rapping | /x | Noun |
| limerick | /xx | Name |
| rune | / | Noun |
| ballad | /x | Noun |
| number | /x | Noun |
| consonance | /xx | Noun |
| song | / | Noun |
| pentameter | x/xx | Noun |
| nursery rhyme | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| recitation | xx/x | Noun |
| psalm | / | Noun |
| octave | /x | Noun |
| folk song | // | Phrase, Noun |
| pulse | / | Noun |
| speaker | /x | Noun |
| strophe | / | Noun |
| lyric | /x | Noun |
| lyricism | /xxx | Noun |
| bardic | /x | Noun |
| meter | /x | Noun |
| rhyme | / | Noun, Verb |
| singsong | /x | Noun |
| metre | /x | Noun |
| rhapsody | /xx | Noun |
| vers de société | /xxx | Name, Name |
| music | /x | Noun |
| freestyle | /x | Noun |
| fugue | / | Noun |
| catch | / | Noun |
| aberration | xx/x | Noun |
| absurd | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| absurdities | x/xx | Noun |
| alliterative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| allusive | x/x | Adjective |
| anything | /xx | Noun, Adverb |
| aphorism | /xxx | Noun, Verb |
| approachable | x/xx | Adjective |
| babble | /x | Noun, Verb |
| baloney | x/x | Noun |
| bible | /x | Name |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| blah | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bollocks | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bombastic | x/x | Adjective |
| boots | / | Noun |
| bull | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| businesslike | /xx | Adjective |
| buzzword | /x | Noun |
| cant | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| chorus | /x | Noun, Verb |
| circa | /x | Noun |
| circus | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cirque | / | Noun |
| confusion | x/x | Noun |
| contradiction | xx/x | Noun |
| contrapuntal | x//x | Adjective |
| counterintuitive | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| couplet | /x | Noun |
| crap | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| crazy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| crock | / | Noun, Verb |
| daft | / | Adjective |
| deceiving | x/x | Noun |
| delirium | x/xx | Noun |
| demented | x/x | Adjective |
| disjointed | x/x | Adjective |
| disparate | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| dissimilar | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| diverse | x/ | Adjective, Adverb |
| drivel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| drool | / | Noun, Verb |
| dumb | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| effacing | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| effervescent | xx/x | Adjective |
| elegiac | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| elegy | /xx | Noun |
| empty words | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| enigmatic | xx/x | Adjective |
| extravagances | x/xxx | Noun |
| falsehood | /x | Noun |
| farcical | /xx | Adjective |
| five | / | Noun |
| flippant | /x | Adjective |
| folksy | /x | Adjective |
| folly | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fool | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| foolish | /x | Adjective |
| foolishness | /xx | Noun |
| frills | / | Noun, Adjective |
| fun | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| garbage | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| gibberish | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| glitter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| grotesque | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| haiku | /x | Noun |
| hexameter | /x/x | Noun |
| homely | /x | Adjective |
| homiletic | xx/x | Adjective |
| hot air | // | Phrase, Noun |
| humbug | /x | Noun, Verb |
| idiocy | /xxx | Noun |
| idiot | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| idiotic | xx/x | Adjective |
| illogical | x/xx | Adjective |
| incoherence | xx/x | Noun |
| incongruous | x/xx | Adjective |
| inconsistent | xx/x | Adjective |
| ineptitude | x/xx | Noun |
| insane | x/ | Adjective |
| insanity | x/xx | Noun |
| insignificant | xx/xx | Adjective |
| irrational | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| irrelevant | x/xx | Adjective |
| jingle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| jocular | /xx | Adjective |
| junk | / | Noun, Verb |
| letter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| lie | / | Verb, Noun |
| line | / | Noun, Verb |
| ludicrous | /xx | Adjective |
| lunacy | /xx | Noun |
| lyrical | /xx | Adjective |
| mad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| madness | /x | Noun |
| meaning | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| meaningful | /xx | Adjective |
| meaningless | /xx | Adjective |
| mess | / | Noun, Verb |
| metrical | /xx | Adjective |
| mindless | /x | Adjective |
| mischief | /x | Noun, Verb |
| misguided | x/x | Adjective |
| misinterpretation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| mistake | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| motley | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| naughty | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| noncommittal | /x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| nonsensical | x/xx | Adjective |
| novel | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| novella | x/x | Noun |
| ode | / | Noun |
| opera | /x | Noun |
| paid | / | Adjective |
| palaver | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| paradox | /xx | Noun |
| patchwork | /x | Noun, Verb |
| patchy | /x | Adjective |
| pebble | /x | Noun, Verb |
| perverse | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| phrase | / | Noun, Verb |
| play | / | Verb, Noun |
| poem | /x | Noun |
| poesy | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| poetic | x/x | Adjective |
| pointless | /x | Adjective |
| polyphonic | xx/x | Adjective |
| preposterous | x/xx | Adjective |
| prissy | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| prose | / | Noun, Verb |
| quatrain | xx | Noun |
| recite | x/ | Verb |
| refrain | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| regard | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| rhetoric | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| ridicule | /xx | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| ridiculous | x/xx | Adjective |
