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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| workhouse | /x | Noun, Noun | 
| almshouse | xx | Noun | 
| paupers | /x | Noun | 
| destitution | /xxx | Noun | 
| penniless | /xx | Adjective | 
| hovel | /x | Noun | 
| penury | /xx | Noun | 
| bankrupt | /x | Adjective | 
| sanitarium | xx/xx | Noun | 
| gaol | x/ | Noun | 
| nunnery | /xx | Noun | 
| madhouse | /x | Noun | 
| destitute | /xx | Noun | 
| jail | / | Noun | 
| impoverished | x/x | Adjective | 
| sanatorium | /x/xx | Noun | 
| asylums | x/x | Noun | 
| penitentiary | xx/xx | Noun | 
| ruinous | /xx | Adjective | 
| infirmary | x/xx | Noun | 
| squalor | /x | Noun | 
| prison | /x | Noun | 
| hospital | /xx | Noun | 
| starve | / | Verb | 
| misery | /xx | Noun | 
| indigent | /xx | Noun | 
| whorehouse | /x | Noun | 
| damned | / | Adjective | 
| unfortunates | x/xx | Noun | 
| convent | /x | Noun | 
| county | /x | Noun | 
| starvation | x/x | Noun | 
| parsonage | /xx | Noun | 
| dreamland | /x | Noun | 
| fortune | /x | Noun | 
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| hellhole | /x | Noun | 
| oblivion | x/xx | Noun | 
| garret | /x | Noun | 
| wretched | /x | Adjective | 
| parish | /x | Noun | 
| millionaire | xx/ | Noun | 
| ghetto | /x | Noun | 
| matron | /x | Noun | 
| hostelry | /xx | Noun | 
| chateau | x/ | Noun | 
| house of refuge | //x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| big house | // | Name, Name | 
| house | / | Noun | 
| settlement house | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| hostel | /x | Noun | 
| house of correction | //x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| doghouse | /x | Noun | 
| orphanage | /xx | Noun | 
| rooming house | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| bunkhouse | /x | Noun | 
| jailhouse | /x | Noun | 
| foyer | /x | Noun | 
| hospice | /x | Noun | 
| house of ill repute | ///x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| guesthouse | /x | Noun | 
| crib | / | Noun | 
| house of detention | //x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| house of office | ///x | Phrase, Noun | 
| slum | / | Noun | 
| group home | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| reception center | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| longhouse | /x | Noun | 
| lodging house | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| shadow | /x | Noun | 
| inmate | /x | Noun | 
| vanishing | /xx | Verb | 
| wind | / | Verb | 
| caribbean | x/xx | Name | 
| hill | / | Noun | 
| land | / | Verb | 
| palace | /x | Noun | 
| end | / | Verb | 
| admission | x/x | Noun | 
| die | / | Verb | 
| send | / | Verb | 
| residents | /xx | Noun | 
| local | /x | Adjective | 
| locked | / | Verb | 
| fear | / | Noun | 
| effective | x/x | Adjective | 
| drive | / | Verb | 
| road | / | Noun | 
| door | / | Noun | 
| old | / | Adjective | 
| way | / | Noun | 
| headed | /x | Verb | 
| going | /x | Verb | 
| entering | /xx | Verb | 
| days | / | Noun | 
| put | / | Verb | 
| live | / | Verb | 
| new | / | Adjective | 
| save | / | Verb | 
| means | / | Verb | 
| build | / | Verb | 
| population | xx/x | Noun | 
| abandoned | x/x | Adjective | 
| adjoining | x/x | Adjective | 
| brewery | /xx | Noun | 
| camp | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| cantonment | /xx | Noun | 
| cemetery | /xxx | Noun | 
| city | /x | Noun | 
| commune | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| delinquent | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| distillery | x/xx | Noun | 
| farming | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| farmyard | /x | Noun | 
| foundry | /x | Noun | 
| grange | / | Name | 
| grocer | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| hippy | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| homestead | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| lonely | /x | Adjective | 
| manor | /x | Noun | 
| metropolis | x/xx | Noun | 
| playhouse | /x | Noun | 
| pub | / | Noun, Verb | 
| schoolmaster | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| slaughterhouse | /xx | Noun | 
| unemployment | xx/x | Noun | 
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| aisle | / | Noun | 
| oh | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| cloth | / | Noun | 
| nickel | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| pidgin | /x | Noun | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| headlines | /x | Noun | 
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
