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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| open | /x  | Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| pioneer | xx/  | Noun, Noun, Verb  | 
| shut | /  | Verb, Verb  | 
| close | /  | Adjective, Adjective  | 
| fold | /  | Noun, Noun  | 
| button up | /x/  | Phrase, Noun, Verb  | 
| clam up | //  | Phrase, Name, Verb  | 
| keep mum | //  | Phrase, Noun, Verb  | 
| shut down | //  | Phrase, Adjective, Verb  | 
| shut up | //  | Phrase, Verb, Adjective  | 
| break open | //x  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| break into | /x/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| unfold | x/  | Verb  | 
| disclose | x/  | Verb  | 
| unzip | x/  | Verb  | 
| unlock | x/  | Verb  | 
| open out | /x/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| unfurl | x/  | Verb  | 
| broach | /  | Noun  | 
| let out | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| unbutton | x/x  | Verb  | 
| unwrap | x/  | Verb  | 
| wake up | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| reach out | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| spring | /  | Noun  | 
| gape | /  | Noun  | 
| awaken | x/x  | Verb  | 
| force | /  | Noun  | 
| blossom | /x  | Noun  | 
| switchblade | /x  | Noun  | 
| loosen | /x  | Verb  | 
| draw | /  | Verb  | 
| outspread | //  | Adjective  | 
| break | /  | Noun  | 
| branch out | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| explode | x/  | Verb  | 
| flare | /  | Noun  | 
| surface | /x  | Noun  | 
| get going | //x  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| overture | /xx  | Noun  | 
| spring up | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| unveil | x/  | Verb  | 
| uncover | x/x  | Verb  | 
| kick off | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| unroll | x/  | Verb  | 
| crack | /  | Noun  | 
| release | x/  | Noun  | 
| start | /  | Noun  | 
| take off | //  | Phrase, Verb, Noun  | 
| block off | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| loose | /  | Adjective  | 
| spread | /  | Noun  | 
| erupt | x/  | Verb  | 
| cut loose | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| explore | x/  | Verb  | 
| get across | /x/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| daylight | /x  | Noun  | 
| trade | /  | Noun  | 
| loosen up | /x/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| clear up | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| emerge | x/  | Verb  | 
| occlude | x/  | Verb  | 
| pull up | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| put forth | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| reveal | x/  | Verb  | 
| occur | x/  | Verb  | 
| come in | /x  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| inlet | /x  | Noun  | 
| set out | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| see through | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| disappear | xx/  | Verb  | 
| let rip | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| empty out | /x/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| head off | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| rupture | /x  | Noun  | 
| get out | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| clear | /  | Adjective  | 
| fall into | /x/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| transmit | x/  | Verb  | 
| start up | /x  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| draw near | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| tear | /  | Adjective  | 
| come over | //x  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| unload | x/  | Verb  | 
| stop | /  | Noun  | 
| turn over | //x  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| hole up | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| opaque | x/  | Adjective  | 
| break out | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| break through | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| sharpen | /x  | Verb  | 
| push | /  | Noun  | 
| surprise | x/  | Noun  | 
| transpire | x/x  | Verb  | 
| hatch | /  | Noun  | 
| leak | /  | Noun  | 
| trigger | /x  | Noun  | 
| seek out | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| shift | /  | Noun  | 
| blow up | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| cross over | //x  | Phrase, Verb, Adjective  | 
| enter | /x  | Verb  | 
| hole | /  | Noun  | 
| conversation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| chink | /  | Noun  | 
| exit | /x  | Noun  | 
| confront | x/  | Verb  | 
| unmask | x/  | Verb  | 
| shut off | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| inquire | x/  | Verb  | 
| gate | /  | Noun  | 
| blow | /  | Noun  | 
| run over | //x  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| cross | /  | Noun  | 
| switch | /  | Noun  | 
| unfasten | x/x  | Verb  | 
| blast | /  | Noun  | 
| put out | //  | Phrase, Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| hold out | //  | Phrase, Verb, Noun  | 
| give over | //x  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| tunnel | /x  | Noun  | 
| unleash | x/  | Verb  | 
| close out | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| pass off | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| breach | /  | Noun  | 
| abram | x/  | Name, Adjective  | 
| accept | x/  | Verb, Adjective  | 
| access | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| accessible | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| active | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| address | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| afford | x/  | Verb  | 
| agape | x/  | Noun, Adjective, Adverb  | 
| ahead | x/  | Adverb  | 
| air | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| ajar | x/  | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| alive | x/  | Adjective  | 
| allow | x/  | Verb  | 
| amenable | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| aperture | /xx  | Noun  | 
| approachable | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| appropriate | x/xx  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| arid | /x  | Adjective  | 
| around | x/  | Adverb, Adjective  | 
| artless | /x  | Adjective  | 
| ascending | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| attentive | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| audience | /xx  | Noun  | 
| available | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| awake | x/  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| azo | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| backwards | /x  | Adverb, Adjective  | 
| bald | /  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| began | x/  | Verb  | 
| benchmarking | /xx  | Noun  | 
| blank | /  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| blanket | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| blatant | /x  | Adjective  | 
| blaze | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| blog | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| bluntly | /x  | Adverb  | 
| book | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| borderless | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| bridged | /  | Adjective  | 
| bring | /  | Verb  | 
| broad | /  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| broaden | /x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| burnt | /  | Adjective  | 
| bushels | /x  | Noun  | 
| called | /  | Adjective  | 
| can | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| candid | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| carriage | /x  | Noun  | 
| central | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| championship | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| civil | /x  | Adjective, Name  | 
| coarse | /  | Adjective  | 
| commence | x/  | Verb  | 
| commencement | x/x  | Noun  | 
| conduct | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| conquest | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| conspicuous | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| constricted | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| convene | x/  | Verb  | 
| course | /  | Noun, Verb, Adverb  | 
| covert | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| create | x/  | Verb, Adjective  | 
| cut | /  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| declared | x/  | Adjective  | 
| diagnostic | xx/x  | Adjective, Name  | 
| direct | x/  | Adjective, Adverb, Verb  | 
| disclosure | x/x  | Noun  | 
| discovered | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| display | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| disposed | x/  | Adjective  | 
| door | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| down | /  | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| downward | /x  | Adjective, Adverb  | 
| dozens | /x  | Noun  | 
| dry | /  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| dusty | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| elevator | /xxx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| eligible | /xxx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| embark | x/  | Verb  | 
| empty | /x  | Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| engage | x/  | Verb  | 
| enlightened | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| erection | x/x  | Noun  | 
| establish | x/x  | Verb  | 
| exam | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| expand | x/  | Verb  | 
| expansive | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| explicit | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| exploratory | x/xxx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| exposed | x/  | Adjective  | 
| finding | /x  | Noun  | 
| finished | /x  | Adjective  | 
| flagrant | /x  | Adjective  | 
| flank | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| flexible | /xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| floating | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| focus | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| fold up | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| forthcoming | //x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| forthright | //  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb  | 
| franchise | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| franco | /x  | Name  | 
| frank | /  | Name, Adjective, Verb  | 
| frankly | /x  | Adverb  | 
| free | /  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb  | 
| freedom | /x  | Noun  | 
| freely | /x  | Adverb, Adjective  | 
| full | /  | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb  | 
| functioning | /xx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| gap | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| gathering | /xx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| get | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| give | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| grass | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| ground | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| heavenward | /xx  | Adverb, Adjective  | 
| high | /  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb  | 
| hold | /  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| honest | /x  | Adjective, Verb, Adverb  | 
| honestly | /xx  | Adverb  | 
| honorable | /xxx  | Adjective, Name  | 
| hoping | /x  | Adjective  | 
| hunting | /x  | Noun  | 
| impartial | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| improving | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| in the lead | xx/  | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective  | 
| inaugural | x/xx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| inaugurate | x/xx  | Verb, Adjective  | 
| inauguration | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| inclusive | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| indoors | /x  | Noun, Adverb  | 
| ingenuous | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| initial | x/x  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| initiate | x/xx  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| initiation | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| installment | x/x  | Noun  | 
| instigate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| instituted | /xxx  | Verb  | 
| interactive | xx/x  | Adjective, Name  | 
| internship | /xx  | Noun  | 
| introduce | xx/  | Verb  | 
| invoke | x/  | Verb  | 
| keep | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| kindly | /x  | Adverb, Adjective  | 
| laid | /  | Adjective  | 
