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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 |
