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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| supporter | x/x | Noun, Noun |
| admirer | x/x | Noun, Noun |
| booster | /x | Noun, Noun |
| friend | / | Noun, Noun |
| champion | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| heroine | /xx | Noun |
| narrator | /xx | Noun |
| hero | /x | Noun |
| character | /xx | Noun |
| antagonist | x/xx | Noun |
| villain | /x | Noun |
| titular | /xx | Adjective |
| sidekick | /x | Noun |
| novel | /x | Noun |
| novelist | /xx | Noun |
| fictional | /xx | Adjective |
| storyline | /xx | Noun |
| bildungsroman | /xxx | Noun |
| girl | / | Noun |
| narrative | /xx | Noun |
| girlfriend | /x | Noun |
| everyman | /xx | Noun |
| father | /x | Noun |
| backstory | /xx | Noun |
| story | /x | Noun |
| reader | /x | Noun |
| writer | /x | Noun |
| portrayal | x/x | Noun |
| author | /x | Noun |
| murderer | /xx | Noun |
| daughter | /x | Noun |
| eponymous | x/xx | Adjective |
| boyfriend | /x | Noun |
| assassin | x/x | Noun |
| mother | /x | Noun |
| schoolteacher | /xx | Noun |
| teenaged | /x | Adjective |
| brother | /x | Noun |
| teenager | /xx | Noun |
| scriptwriter | /xx | Noun |
| screenwriter | /xx | Noun |
| policeman | x/x | Noun |
| person | /x | Noun |
| leading man | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| personage | /xx | Noun |
| agonist | /xx | Noun |
| actor | /x | Noun |
| lead | / | Noun |
| persona | x/x | Noun |
| contributor | x/xx | Noun |
| good guy | // | Phrase, Noun |
| plotter | /x | Noun |
| prologue | /x | Noun |
| publisher | /xx | Noun |
| superhero | xx/x | Noun |
| leader | /x | Noun |
| progenitor | x/xx | Noun |
| chief | / | Noun |
| prime | / | Noun |
| public figure | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| subject | x/ | Noun |
| authority figure | x/xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| creator | x/x | Noun |
| anon | xx | Noun |
| principal | /xx | Noun |
| storyteller | /xxx | Noun |
| potentate | /xx | Noun |
| number one | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective, Noun |
| archon | /x | Noun |
| prime mover | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| culprit | /x | Noun |
| white knight | // | Name, Name, Verb |
| literary agent | /xxx/x | Name, Name |
| beginner | x/x | Noun |
| originator | x/xxx | Noun |
| captain | /x | Noun |
| agent | /x | Noun |
| proponent | x/x | Noun |
| poster child | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| chief of state | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| introducer | xx/x | Noun |
| bad guy | // | Phrase, Noun |
| contestant | x/x | Noun |
| participant | x/xx | Noun |
| paragon | /xx | Noun |
| first | / | Adjective |
| luminary | /xxx | Noun |
| head | / | Noun |
| patron | /x | Noun |
| original | x/xx | Adjective |
| kingpin | /x | Noun |
| heavy | /x | Adjective |
| vanguard | /x | Noun |
| head honcho | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| perpetrator | /xxx | Noun |
| princeps | /x | Noun |
| representative | xx/xx | Noun |
| responsible | x/xx | Adjective |
| illustrator | /xxx | Noun |
| celebrity | x/xx | Noun |
| king | / | Noun |
| the man | x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| father figure | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| spokesperson | /xx | Noun |
| spearhead | /x | Noun |
| relator | x/x | Noun |
| proprietor | x/xx | Noun |
| front man | // | Phrase, Noun |
| promoter | x/x | Noun |
| mainstay | /x | Noun |
| protector | x/x | Noun |
| boss | / | Noun |
| husband | /x | Noun |
| initiator | xx/xx | Noun |
| voice | / | Noun |
| ancestor | /xx | Noun |
| somewhat | // | Adverb |
| figurehead | /xx | Noun |
| noir | / | Adjective |
| surfacing | /xx | Noun |
| novella | x/x | Noun |
| unnamed | x/ | Adjective |
| alienated | /xxxx | Adjective |
| nameless | /x | Adjective |
| likable | /xx | Adjective |
| struggles | /x | Verb |
| likeable | /xx | Adjective |
| picaresque | xx/ | Adjective |
| embarks | x/ | Verb |
| female | /x | Adjective |
| succumbs | x/ | Verb |
| male | / | Adjective |
| tragic | /x | Adjective |
| villainous | /xx | Adjective |
| drama | /x | Noun |
| tale | / | Noun |
| monologue | /xx | Noun |
| flawed | / | Adjective |
| discovers | x/x | Verb |
| hapless | /x | Adjective |
| flees | / | Verb |
| tormented | /xx | Adjective |
| predicament | x/xx | Noun |
| doomed | / | Adjective |
| believable | x/xx | Adjective |
| double | /x | Noun |
| spectator | /xx | Noun |
| trilogy | /xx | Noun |
| autobiographical | xxxx/xx | Adjective |
| tragedy | /xx | Noun |
| auxiliaries | x/xx | Noun |
| acclaimed | x/ | Adjective |
| apostle | x/x | Noun |
| archetypal | //x | Adjective |
| as | / | Adverb, Noun |
| be | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| believer | x/x | Noun |
| campaigner | x/x | Noun |
| cavalier | xx/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| celebrated | /xxx | Adjective |
| confederate | x/xx | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| convert | /x | Verb, Noun |
| cyberpunk | /x/ | Noun |
| disciple | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| enthusiast | x/xx | Noun |
| epic | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| evangelist | x/xx | Noun |
| exemplar | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| fictive | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| free trader | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| functionalist | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| hindi | /x | Name, Adjective |
| idealist | x/x | Noun |
| illustrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| interlocutor | xx/xx | Noun |
| jacobite | /xx | Name |
| lamented | x/x | Adjective |
| loyalist | /xx | Noun |
| maligned | x/ | Adjective |
| marathi | x/x | Name, Adjective |
| obsessed | x/ | Adjective |
| partisan | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| pillar | /x | Noun, Verb |
| player | /x | Noun |
| quintessential | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| shakespeare | /x | Name |
| spokesman | /x | Noun |
| stakeholder | /xx | Noun |
| stalwart | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| star | / | Noun, Verb |
| subscriber | x/x | Noun |
| survivor | x/x | Noun |
| sympathizer | /xxx | Noun |
| whig | / | Name, Verb |
| william | /x | Name |
| winning | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
