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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| netherworld | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| underground | /xx | Noun |
| subterranean | xx/xx | Adjective |
| necropolis | x/xx | Noun |
| darkness | /x | Noun |
| catacombs | /xx | Noun |
| purgatory | /xxx | Noun |
| abyssal | x/x | Noun |
| labyrinthine | xx/x | Adjective |
| belowground | x/x | Noun |
| dungeon | /x | Noun |
| graveyard | /x | Noun |
| tartarus | /xx | Name |
| burial ground | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| labyrinths | xx/ | Noun |
| sepulchral | xxx | Adjective |
| blackness | /x | Noun |
| entombed | x/ | Verb |
| basement | /x | Noun |
| forbidden city | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| charnel house | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| the devil | x/x | Phrase, Adverb, Noun |
| sinister | /xx | Adjective |
| afterlife | /xx | Noun |
| snake pit | // | Phrase, Noun |
| cemetery | /xxx | Noun |
| cavernous | /xx | Adjective |
| darkling | /x | Name |
| hellhole | /x | Noun |
| necromancy | /xxx | Noun |
| burying ground | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| sepulcher | xxx | Noun |
| death valley | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| undead | xx | Noun |
| lost soul | // | Phrase, Noun |
| demonic | x/x | Adjective |
| inner sanctum | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| perdition | x/x | Noun |
| cellar | /x | Noun |
| gehenna | //x | Name |
| brimstone | /x | Noun |
| sewer | /x | Noun |
| demons | /x | Noun |
| diabolic | xx/x | Adjective |
| underwater | /xxx | Adjective |
| infernal machine | x/xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| crematorium | xx/xx | Noun |
| nightmare | /x | Noun |
| acheron | x/x | Name |
| amoral | x/x | Adjective |
| apolitical | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| aristocracy | xx/xx | Noun |
| atlantean | x/x | Adjective, Name |
| beneficent | xx/x | Adjective |
| benevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| celts | / | Adjective |
| charismatic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| civilisation | x/x/x | Noun |
| colossus | x/x | Noun |
| community | x/xx | Noun |
| counterpart | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| culture | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dead | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| dehumanizing | x/xxx | Noun |
| disreputable | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| drama | /x | Noun |
| enclave | /x | Noun, Verb |
| environment | x/xx | Noun |
| fertility | x/xx | Noun |
| forebears | /x | Noun |
| forgetfulness | x/xx | Noun |
| gangster | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| ghetto | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| hades | /x | Name |
| hel | / | Noun |
| hell | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| heritage | /xx | Noun |
| heroes | /x | Noun |
| historians | x/xx | Noun |
| hole | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| homosocial | xxxx | Adjective |
| kingpin | /x | Noun |
| legend | /x | Noun, Verb |
| lethe | / | Name |
| mafia | /xx | Noun |
| mainland | /x | Noun |
| malevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| metropolis | x/xx | Noun |
| militaristic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| mob | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| nether | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| otherworld | /xx | Name |
| otherworldly | /x/x | Adjective |
| past | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| personified | x/xx | Verb |
| pit | / | Noun, Verb |
| pluto | /x | Name, Verb |
| secretive | /xx | Adjective |
| styx | / | Name |
| subsurface | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| syndicate | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| triad | /x | Noun |
| unseen | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| yan | / | Name |
