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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| vagabond | /xx | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| wander | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| err | / | Noun, Verb | 
| isolated | /xxx | Verb, Adjective | 
| roam | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| ramble | /x | Noun, Noun, Verb | 
| sporadic | x/x | Verb, Adjective | 
| digress | x/ | Adjective, Verb | 
| scattered | /x | Verb, Adjective | 
| depart | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| drift | / | Noun, Noun, Verb | 
| range | / | Verb, Noun, Verb | 
| rove | / | Verb, Noun, Verb | 
| cast | / | Verb, Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| swan | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| alley cat | /x/ | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| errant | /x | Noun | 
| wayward | /x | Adjective | 
| deviate | /xx | Verb | 
| unwanted | x/x | Adjective | 
| confine | x/ | Verb | 
| mangy | /x | Adjective | 
| astray | x/ | Adverb | 
| veering | /x | Verb | 
| loose | / | Adjective | 
| specks | / | Noun | 
| litter | /x | Noun | 
| prone | / | Adjective | 
| lone | / | Name | 
| chase | / | Noun | 
| runaway | /xx | Adjective | 
| occasional | x/xx | Adjective | 
| marauding | x/x | Adjective | 
| extraneous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| clump | / | Noun | 
| glints | / | Noun | 
| kitten | /x | Noun | 
| random | /x | Noun | 
| pesky | /x | Adjective | 
| flecks | / | Noun | 
| tendency | /xx | Noun | 
| bites | / | Noun | 
| traces | /x | Noun | 
| inadvertently | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| lint | / | Noun | 
| catch | / | Noun | 
| gravitate | /xx | Verb | 
| feral | /x | Noun | 
| cats | / | Noun | 
| eliminate | x/xx | Verb | 
| undesired | xx/x | Adjective | 
| avoid | x/ | Verb | 
| tame | / | Adjective | 
| scruffy | /x | Adjective | 
| tending | /x | Verb | 
| leftover | /xx | Adjective | 
| remnants | /x | Noun | 
| mistaking | x/x | Verb | 
| accidentally | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| corralled | x/ | Verb | 
| debris | x/ | Noun | 
| dogs | / | Noun | 
| farther | /x | Adverb | 
| away | x/ | Adverb | 
| meander | x/x | Noun | 
| unwelcome | x/x | Adjective | 
| stick | / | Noun | 
| sparks | / | Noun | 
| steer | / | Verb | 
| shun | / | Noun | 
| feline | /x | Noun | 
| plucks | / | Verb | 
| handful | /x | Noun | 
| unruly | x/x | Adjective | 
| tiny | /x | Adjective | 
| path | / | Noun | 
| fend | / | Verb | 
| canine | /x | Noun | 
| abandon | x/x | Verb | 
| graze | / | Verb | 
| divert | x/ | Verb | 
| spot | / | Noun | 
| misses | /x | Noun | 
| slip | / | Noun | 
| crumbs | / | Noun | 
| wild | / | Adjective | 
| lead | / | Noun | 
| speckled | /x | Adjective | 
| slivers | /x | Noun | 
| tabby | /x | Noun | 
| offending | x/x | Noun | 
| culled | / | Verb | 
| bounding | /x | Noun | 
| kitty | /x | Noun | 
| smudge | / | Noun | 
| clipped | / | Adjective | 
| deviations | xx/x | Noun | 
| tempt | / | Verb | 
| flock | / | Noun | 
| chucking | /x | Noun | 
| nary | /x | Noun | 
| scampering | /xx | Verb | 
| scratch | / | Noun | 
| venturing | /xx | Verb | 
| coax | / | Noun | 
| banish | /x | Verb | 
| distant | /x | Adjective | 
| aimless | /x | Adjective | 
| nipped | / | Verb | 
| orphan | /x | Noun | 
| pound | / | Noun | 
| animal | /xx | Noun | 
| wild horse | // | Name, Name | 
| mutt | / | Noun | 
| herd | / | Noun | 
| domesticate | x/xx | Verb | 
| raccoon | x/ | Noun | 
| rout | / | Noun | 
| tractor | /x | Noun | 
| stampede | x/ | Noun | 
| house cat | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| hound | / | Noun | 
| domestic cat | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| beast | / | Noun | 
| bunching | /x | Noun | 
| breakaway | /xx | Noun | 
| outlaw | /x | Noun | 
| scrubber | /x | Noun | 
| leash | / | Noun | 
| shack | / | Noun | 
| fellow | /x | Noun | 
| robber | /x | Noun | 
| cage | / | Noun | 
| slunk | / | Verb | 
| bummer | /x | Noun | 
| capacitances | x/xxx | Noun | 
| bullets | /x | Noun | 
| wisps | / | Noun | 
| finds | / | Noun | 
| inductance | x/x | Noun | 
| pickup | /x | Noun | 
| cattle | /x | Noun | 
| currents | /x | Noun | 
| corrosion | x/x | Noun | 
| sheep | / | Noun | 
| glimpses | /x | Noun | 
| sherds | / | Noun | 
| hairs | / | Noun | 
| shots | / | Noun | 
| light | / | Noun | 
| cows | / | Noun | 
| aggressive | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| antelope | /xx | Noun | 
| barren | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| beggar | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| bred | / | Noun | 
| bulk | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| dead | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| derogate | x/x | Verb, Adjective | 
| destitute | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| disconnected | xx/x | Adjective | 
| diverge | x/ | Verb | 
| dozen | /x | Noun | 
| drifter | /x | Noun | 
| emitted | x/x | Verb | 
| eternal | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| fed | / | Name | 
| few | / | Noun | 
| frightened | /x | Adjective | 
| fugitives | /xx | Adjective | 
| gad | / | Name, Verb | 
| hamlets | /x | Noun | 
| hereabouts | /xx | Adverb | 
| hobo | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| homeless | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| indiscriminate | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| leave | / | Verb, Noun | 
| leopards | /x | Noun | 
| letters | /x | Noun | 
| lew | / | Name, Adjective, Verb | 
| lose | / | Verb, Noun | 
| misguided | x/x | Adjective | 
| motherless | /xx | Adjective, Adverb | 
| parasite | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| pedestrians | x/xx | Noun | 
| pest | / | Noun | 
| purebred | // | Adjective, Noun | 
| queens | / | Noun | 
| rash | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| reckless | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| retrieves | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| rides | / | Noun | 
| rovers | /x | Noun | 
| runny | /x | Adjective | 
| shepherd | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| shopkeepers | /xx | Noun | 
| snipe | / | Noun, Verb | 
| some | / | Adverb | 
| stewards | /x | Noun | 
| street | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb | 
| sub | / | Noun, Verb | 
| tew | / | Noun, Verb | 
| tramp | / | Noun, Verb | 
| unaccompanied | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| unrelated | xx/x | Adjective | 
| unwise | x/ | Adjective | 
| vaccinated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| vagrant | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| die | / | Verb, Noun | 
| shirtless | /x | Adjective | 
| pidgin | /x | Noun | 
| sfa | x | Name | 
