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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| unlikely | x/x | Adjective |
| hopefully | /xx | Adverb |
| perhaps | x/ | Adverb |
| on spec | /x | Phrase, Adverb |
| haply | /x | Adverb |
| potentially | x/xx | Adverb |
| more than likely | ///x | Phrase, Adverb |
| either way | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| be that as it may | ///// | Phrase |
| perchance | x/ | Adverb |
| optimistically | xx/xxx | Adverb |
| conceivably | x/xx | Adverb |
| all things considered | //x/x | Phrase, Adverb |
| hypothetically | xx/xx | Adverb |
| probably | /xx | Adverb |
| improbably | x/xx | Adverb |
| in all probability | x/xx/xx | Phrase, Adverb |
| so much as | /// | Phrase, Adverb |
| eventually | x/xxx | Adverb |
| occasionally | x/xxx | Adverb |
| if nothing else | //x/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| one way or another | ///x/x | Phrase, Adverb |
| howsoever | /x/x | Adverb |
| at all events | //x/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| anyways | /xx | Noun |
| presumptively | x/xx | Adverb |
| uncertainly | x/xx | Adverb |
| as like as not | //// | Phrase, Adverb |
| tentatively | /xxx | Adverb |
| happily | /xx | Adverb |
| supposedly | x/xx | Adverb |
| ideally | x/x | Adverb |
| someday | /x | Adverb |
| in that case | x// | Phrase, Adverb |
| expectantly | x/xx | Adverb |
| speculatively | /xxxx | Adverb |
| more often than not | //x// | Phrase, Adverb |
| hopelessly | /xx | Adverb |
| once in a while | /xx/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| alternatively | x/xxx | Adverb |
| fortunately | /xxx | Adverb |
| sometimes | x/ | Adverb |
| however | x/x | Adverb |
| incidentally | xx/xx | Adverb |
| impossibly | x/xx | Adverb |
| always | /x | Adverb |
| hesitatingly | /xxxx | Adverb |
| uncommonly | x/xx | Adjective |
| failing that | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| somewhere | /x | Adverb |
| on and off | /// | Phrase, Adverb |
| doubtless | /x | Adverb |
| ever | /x | Adverb |
| anything | /xx | Noun |
| just the same | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| though | / | Adverb |
| as it were | //x | Phrase, Adverb |
| even | /x | Adverb |
| hesitantly | /xxx | Adverb |
| providentially | xx/xx | Adverb |
| incredibly | x/xx | Adverb |
| dubiously | /xxx | Adverb |
| as it is | /// | Phrase, Adverb |
| situationally | xx/xxx | Adverb |
| seldom | /x | Adverb |
| as they come | /// | Phrase, Adverb |
| somehow | /x | Adverb |
| up to a point | //x/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| thankfully | /xx | Adverb |
| relatedly | x/xx | Adverb |
| putatively | /xxx | Adverb |
| all but | // | Phrase, Adverb |
| as it happens | ///x | Phrase, Adverb |
| doubtfully | /xx | Adverb |
| coincidentally | xxx/xx | Adverb |
| whatsoever | xx/x | Adverb |
| unluckily | x/xx | Adverb |
| abducted | x/x | Adjective |
| ability | x/xx | Noun |
| able | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| access | /x | Noun, Verb |
| accident | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| accidental | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| actual | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| adventitious | /x/x | Adjective |
| adventure | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| advisability | xxx/xx | Noun |
| against | x/ | Noun |
| along | x/ | Adverb |
| antecedent | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| apart | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| appearing | x/x | Noun |
| appropriateness | x/xxx | Noun |
| ascent | x/ | Noun |
| aside | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| askew | x/ | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| audience | /xx | Noun |
| availability | xxx/xx | Noun |
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| back | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bad luck | // | Phrase, Noun |
| before | x/ | Adverb |
| beside | x/ | Adverb |
| bet | / | Verb, Noun |
| beyond | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| bit | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| blessing | /x | Noun |
| boon | / | Noun, Adjective |
| break | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakout | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| broad | / | Adjective, Noun |
| bump | / | Noun, Verb |
| bumpy | /x | Adjective |
| busiest | /xx | Adjective |
| can | / | Verb, Noun |
| cancel | /x | Verb, Noun |
| capability | xx/xx | Noun |
| capacity | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| case | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| casual | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| chanced | / | Verb |
| choice | / | Noun, Adjective |
| clean slate | // | Phrase, Noun |
| coasts | / | Noun |
| coincidence | x/xx | Noun |
| colder | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| conjunction | x/x | Noun |
| connection | x/x | Noun |
| consequence | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| consideration | xxx/x | Noun |
| cooler | /x | Noun |
| coward | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| crack | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| cutoff | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| dampened | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| dance | / | Noun, Verb |
| danger | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dark | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| day | / | Noun, Verb |
| deactivate | x/xx | Verb |
| decisive | x/x | Adjective |
| deduction | x/x | Noun |
| defuse | x/ | Verb |
| departure | x/x | Noun |
| deselect | xx/ | Verb |
| desirability | xxx/xx | Noun |
| destiny | /xx | Noun |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| dip | / | Noun, Verb |
| disable | x/x | Verb, Adjective |
| disconnect | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| disconnection | xx/x | Noun |
| discount | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| disengagement | xx/x | Noun |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| driest | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| drop | / | Noun, Verb |
| elevated | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| elsewhere | /x | Adverb, Noun |
| encounter | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| enviable | /xxx | Adjective |
| event | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| eventuality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| everything | /xx | Noun |
| excluding | x/x | Verb |
| excuse | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| expectation | xx/x | Noun |
| expediency | x/xxx | Noun |
| exterior | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| external | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| extinct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| extinction | x/x | Noun |
| extinguished | x/x | Adjective |
| facility | x/xx | Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| far | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| fate | / | Noun, Verb |
| favor | /x | Noun, Verb |
| favour | /x | Noun, Verb |
| feasibility | xx/xx | Noun |
| fermentation | xx/x | Noun |
| find | / | Verb, Noun |
| fixed | / | Adjective |
| fluke | / | Noun, Verb |
| for | / | Noun |
| forth | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| fortuitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| fortunate | /xx | Adjective |
| fortune | /x | Noun, Verb |
| free | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| freeze | / | Noun, Verb |
| from | / | Verb |
| gamble | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gone | / | Adjective |
| good | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| guess | / | Verb, Noun |
| hap | / | Name, Verb |
| happen | /x | Verb, Adverb |
| hazard | /x | Noun, Verb |
| headway | /x | Noun |
| hearing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| her | x | Noun |
| hit | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| hope | / | Noun, Verb |
| hunting ground | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| hypothesis | x/xx | Noun |
| idea | x/x | Noun |
| idle | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| inactivate | x/xx | Verb |
| inactive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| infrequent | x/x | Adjective |
| injury | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| inoperative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| joker | /x | Noun |
| judgement | /x | Noun |
| judgment | /x | Noun |
| jump | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| large | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| last | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| latter | /x | Adjective |
| lease | / | Noun, Verb |
| leave | / | Verb, Noun |
| less | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| likelihood | /xx | Noun |
| likely | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| liminal | /xx | Adjective |
| lopsided | //x | Adjective |
| lost | / | Adjective |
| lottery | /xx | Noun |
| luck | / | Noun, Verb |
| luckily | /xx | Adverb |
| lucky | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| luxury | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| maybe | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| means | / | Noun |
| mishap | /x | Noun, Verb |
| mistake | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| mode | / | Noun |
| moment | /x | Noun |
| muffled | /x | Adjective |
| mute | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
