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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| known | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| metaphorical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| veritable | /xxx | Adjective |
| giant | /x | Noun |
| preverbal | x/x | Adjective |
| golden | /x | Name |
| fabled | /x | Adjective |
| smack | / | Noun |
| figurative | /xxx | Adjective |
| literal | /xx | Adjective |
| flaming | /x | Adjective |
| gigantic | x/x | Adjective |
| akin | x/ | Adjective |
| bucket | /x | Noun |
| stinking | /x | Noun |
| butt | / | Noun |
| stepping | /x | Verb |
| gilded | /x | Name |
| titular | /xx | Adjective |
| turd | / | Noun |
| virtual | /xx | Adjective |
| kicking | /x | Verb |
| thorn | / | Noun |
| perpetual | x/xx | Adjective |
| head | / | Noun |
| sucker | /x | Noun |
| stick | / | Noun |
| arse | / | Noun |
| ultimate | /xx | Adjective |
| bang | / | Noun |
| upturned | /x | Adjective |
| slap | / | Noun |
| damned | / | Adjective |
| bottomless | /xx | Adjective |
| chucking | /x | Noun |
| whack | / | Noun |
| gauntlet | /x | Noun |
| almighty | x/x | Name |
| bloody | /x | Adjective |
| leaden | /x | Adjective |
| throwing | /x | Verb |
| precipice | /xx | Noun |
| mighty | /x | Adjective |
| knock | / | Noun |
| busting | /x | Noun |
| blue | / | Noun |
| goddam | /x | Adjective |
| lone | / | Name |
| flinging | /x | Verb |
| hammer | /x | Noun |
| mere | / | Adjective |
| real | / | Adjective |
| weasel | /x | Noun |
| outta | /x | |
| spangled | /x | Name |
| dangling | /xx | Verb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| cliché | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| fabulous | /xx | Adjective |
| legendary | /xxx | Adjective |
| emblematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| anecdotal | xx/x | Adjective |
| synonymous | x/xx | Adjective |
| superstitious | xx/x | Adjective |
| express | x/ | Noun |
| fictive | /x | Adjective |
| storybook | /xx | Noun |
| ironic | x/x | Adjective |
| chimerical | x/xx | Adjective |
| conceited | x/x | Adjective |
| ironical | x/xx | Adjective |
| figural | x/x | Noun |
| portentous | x/x | Adjective |
| usual | /xx | Adjective |
| fanciful | /xx | Adjective |
| shoestring | /x | Noun |
| nutshell | /x | Noun |
| ostrich | /x | Noun |
| snowball | /x | Noun |
| haystack | /x | Noun |
| iceberg | /x | Noun |
| wildfire | /xx | Noun |
| pandora | x/x | Name |
| canary | x/x | Noun |
| dustbin | /x | Noun |
| sayings | /x | Noun |
| lightbulb | /x | Noun |
| phoenix | /x | Name |
| carrot | /x | Noun |
| camel | /x | Noun |
| hornet | /x | Noun |
| sardines | x/ | Noun |
| straw | / | Noun |
| genie | /x | Noun |
| bushel | /x | Noun |
| pancake | /x | Noun |
| cucumber | /xx | Noun |
| mousetrap | /x | Noun |
| nick | / | Name |
| shilling | /x | Noun |
| gorilla | x/x | Noun |
| dime | / | Noun |
| needle | /x | Noun |
| elephant | /xx | Noun |
| daisy | /x | Name |
| penny | /x | Noun |
| duck | / | Noun |
| ounce | / | Noun |
| peg | / | Noun |
| donkey | /x | Noun |
| lore | / | Noun |
| thumb | / | Noun |
| wisdom | /x | Noun |
| tortoise | /x | Noun |
| goose | / | Noun |
| snail | / | Noun |
| moth | / | Noun |
| frog | / | Noun |
| bull | / | Noun |
| icing | /x | Noun |
| ingratitude | //xx | Noun |
| hen | / | Noun |
| cat | / | Noun |
| curate | /x | Noun |
| wrench | / | Noun |
| hospitality | xx/xx | Noun |
| cart | / | Noun |
| nail | / | Noun |
| ton | / | Noun |
| spoon | / | Noun |
| laziness | /xx | Noun |
| platter | /x | Noun |
| pinch | / | Noun |
| scapegoat | /x | Noun |
| stubbornness | /xx | Noun |
| bat | / | Noun |
| chicken | /x | Noun |
| lull | / | Noun |
| paddle | /x | Noun |
| can | / | Noun |
| apple | /x | Noun |
| grain | / | Noun |
| pin | / | Noun |
| wolf | / | Noun |
| glove | / | Noun |
| creek | / | Noun |
| fly | / | Noun |
| rag | / | Noun |
| buck | / | Noun |
| phrase | / | Noun |
| closet | /x | Noun |
| rug | / | Noun |
| burner | /x | Noun |
| bolt | / | Noun |
| pie | / | Noun |
| artless | /x | Adjective |
| banal | x/ | Adjective |
| celebrated | /xxx | Adjective |
| commonplace | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| derogatory | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| enigmatic | xx/x | Adjective |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| famed | / | Adjective |
| famous | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| formulaic | xx/x | Adjective |
| hackneyed | /x | Adjective |
| homely | /x | Adjective |
| infamous | /xx | Adjective |
| notorious | x/xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| pithy | /x | Adjective |
| plain | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| renowned | x/ | Adjective |
| trite | / | Adjective, Noun |
| unadorned | xx/ | Adjective |
| ungrammatical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
