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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| mastermind | /xx | Noun | 
| creator | x/x | Noun | 
| inventor | x/x | Noun | 
| innovator | /xxx | Noun | 
| initiator | xx/xx | Noun | 
| founder | /x | Noun | 
| descendent | x/x | Noun | 
| forerunner | /xx | Noun | 
| namesake | /x | Noun | 
| godfather | /xx | Noun | 
| imitator | /xxx | Noun | 
| pioneer | xx/ | Noun | 
| author | /x | Noun | 
| original | x/xx | Adjective | 
| purveyor | x/x | Noun | 
| progenitor | x/xx | Noun | 
| famed | / | Adjective | 
| benefactor | /xxx | Noun | 
| guru | /x | Noun | 
| descendant | x/x | Noun | 
| discoverer | x/xx | Noun | 
| instigator | /xxx | Noun | 
| recipient | x/xx | Noun | 
| collaborator | x/xxx | Noun | 
| proponent | x/x | Noun | 
| owner | /x | Noun | 
| origin | /xx | Noun | 
| proprietor | x/xx | Noun | 
| name | / | Noun | 
| leader | /x | Noun | 
| successor | x/x | Noun | 
| crediting | /xx | Verb | 
| producer | x/x | Noun | 
| possessor | x/x | Noun | 
| licensor | /xx | Noun | 
| inheritor | x/xx | Noun | 
| signature | /xx | Noun | 
| manufacturer | xx/xx | Noun | 
| granddaddy | /xx | Noun | 
| bearer | /x | Noun | 
| brainchild | /x | Noun | 
| principal | /xx | Noun | 
| designer | x/x | Noun | 
| eponymous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| legendary | /xxx | Adjective | 
| funder | /x | Noun | 
| renowned | x/ | Adjective | 
| sender | /x | Noun | 
| master | /x | Noun | 
| precursor | x/x | Noun | 
| facilitator | x/xxx | Noun | 
| famous | /x | Adjective | 
| director | x/x | Noun | 
| arbiter | /xx | Noun | 
| overseer | /x/x | Noun | 
| birthplace | /x | Noun | 
| financier | xx/ | Noun | 
| supervisor | /xxx | Noun | 
| beneficiary | xx/xxx | Noun | 
| deliverer | x/xx | Noun | 
| maker | /x | Noun | 
| assignor | x/x | Noun | 
| belongs | x/ | Verb | 
| educator | /xxx | Noun | 
| imitation | xx/x | Noun | 
| supporter | x/x | Noun | 
| contributor | x/xx | Noun | 
| associated | x/xxx | Verb | 
| grantor | /x | Noun | 
| presumed | x/ | Adjective | 
| assignee | x// | Noun | 
| coordinator | x/xxx | Noun | 
| instructor | x/x | Noun | 
| administrator | x/xxx | Noun | 
| leading | /x | Verb | 
| fountainhead | /xx | Noun | 
| infamous | /xx | Adjective | 
| writer | /x | Noun | 
| copied | /x | Verb | 
| incarnation | x//x | Noun | 
| referencing | /xxx | Noun | 
| antecedent | x/xx | Noun | 
| preeminent | x/xx | Adjective | 
| participant | x/xx | Noun | 
| esteemed | x/ | Verb | 
| former | /x | Noun | 
| parent | /x | Noun | 
| ancestor | /xx | Noun | 
| introducer | xx/x | Noun | 
| sire | /x | Noun | 
| projector | x/x | Noun | 
| source | / | Noun | 
| pathfinder | /xx | Noun | 
| cofounder | //x | Noun | 
| prime mover | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| constructor | x/x | Noun | 
| identifier | x/xxx | Noun | 
| bringer | /x | Noun | 
| finder | /x | Noun | 
| forwarder | /xx | Noun | 
| requestor | xx | Noun | 
| entrepreneur | xxx/ | Noun | 
| signer | /x | Noun | 
| presenter | /xx | Noun | 
| servicer | /xx | Noun | 
| reputed | x/x | Adjective | 
| addressee | xx/ | Noun | 
| sustainer | x/x | Noun | 
| travesty | /xx | Noun | 
| puzzles | /x | Noun | 
| sole | / | Adjective | 
| foremost | /x | Adjective | 
| message | /x | Noun | 
| mover | /x | Noun | 
| heavens | /x | Noun | 
| packet | /x | Noun | 
| receiver | x/x | Noun | 
| available | x/xx | Noun | 
| promoter | x/x | Noun | 
| sponsor | /x | Noun | 
| address | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| agency | /xx | Noun | 
| amount | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| appellant | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| applicant | /xx | Noun | 
| architect | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| auteur | // | Noun | 
| authorship | /xx | Noun | 
| beginner | x/x | Noun | 
| builder | /x | Noun | 
| cause | / | Noun, Verb | 
| claimant | /x | Noun | 
| client | /x | Noun | 
| comment | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| complainant | x/x | Noun | 
| consignor | x/x | Noun | 
| copyright | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| creative | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| culprit | /x | Noun | 
| date | / | Noun, Verb | 
| developer | x/xx | Noun | 
| dispatcher | x/x | Noun | 
| donor | /x | Noun | 
| emitter | x/x | Noun | 
| exemplar | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| exporter | x/x | Noun | 
| father | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| font | / | Noun, Verb | 
| format | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| founding father | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| id | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| issuer | /xx | Noun | 
| launcher | /x | Noun | 
| list | / | Noun, Verb | 
| new | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb | 
| nonexistent | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| offender | x/x | Noun | 
| payer | /x | Noun | 
| perpetrator | /xxx | Noun | 
| person | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| petitioner | x/xx | Noun | 
| plaintiff | /x | Noun | 
| playwright | /x | Noun | 
| primer | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| proposer | x/x | Noun | 
| protagonist | x/xx | Noun | 
| provenance | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| relation | x/x | Noun | 
| requester | x/x | Noun | 
| same | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| seeker | /x | Noun | 
| settlor | /x | Noun | 
| shipper | /x | Noun | 
| signatory | /xxx | Noun, Adjective | 
| single | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| submitter | x/x | Noun | 
| this | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| transferor | /xx | Noun | 
| transmitter | x/x | Noun | 
| wrong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| expression | x/x | Noun | 
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| literally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| collocation | xx/x | Noun | 
| cloth | / | Noun | 
| tell | / | Verb, Noun | 
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| sorta | /x | Adverb | 
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb | 
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| dialect | /xx | Noun | 
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| headlines | /x | Noun | 
| oh | / | Noun, Verb | 
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb | 
