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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| executioner | xx/xx | Noun, Noun |
| undertaker | /xxx | Noun |
| necromancer | /xxx | Noun |
| the devil | x/x | Phrase, Adverb, Noun |
| brimstone | /x | Noun |
| skeleton | /xx | Noun |
| scarecrow | /x | Noun |
| specter | /x | Noun |
| guardian spirit | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| death warrant | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| graveyard | /x | Noun |
| grimmer | /x | Noun |
| black death | // | Name, Name |
| terminator | /xxx | Noun |
| graven image | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| sepulchral | xxx | Adjective |
| dark lantern | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| gunslinger | /xx | Noun |
| mortality | x/xx | Noun |
| darkling | /x | Name |
| dead hand | // | Phrase, Noun |
| murderer | /xx | Noun |
| death knell | // | Phrase, Noun |
| blackguard | /x | Noun |
| foreboding | x/x | Noun |
| perdition | x/x | Noun |
| mortality rate | x/xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| death toll | // | Phrase, Noun |
| chimney sweep | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| ghostly | /x | Adjective |
| undead | xx | Noun |
| antichrist | xx/ | Noun |
| hatchet man | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| sinister | /xx | Adjective |
| bounty hunter | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| death penalty | //xx | Phrase, Noun |
| execution | xx/x | Noun |
| apocalypse | x/xx | Noun |
| gravestone | /x | Noun |
| apparition | xx/x | Noun |
| capital punishment | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| assassin | x/x | Noun |
| guardian | /xx | Noun |
| incinerator | x/xxx | Noun |
| judgment day | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| tombstone | /x | Noun |
| suicide bomber | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| robin hood | /x/ | Name, Name |
| widow maker | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| graveside | /x | Noun |
| malevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| achaemenid | x/xx | Name, Adjective |
| acute | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| adam | /x | Name |
| alarming | x/x | Adjective |
| ancient | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| annoying | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| archer | /x | Noun |
| atrocious | x/x | Adjective |
| austere | x/ | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| baleful | /x | Adjective |
| bandit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| baxter | /x | Name |
| benson | /x | Name |
| betty | /x | Name, Verb |
| bitter | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| black | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| blacksmith | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bleak | / | Adjective, Noun |
| blue | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| callous | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| cambodian | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| catastrophic | xx/x | Adjective |
| cavendish | /xx | Name |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| cheerless | /x | Adjective |
| creepy | /x | Adjective |
| critical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| crude | / | Adjective, Noun |
| cruel | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| dark | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| darkened | /x | Adjective |
| daunting | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| davidic | x/x | Adjective |
| dead | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| deadly | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| death | / | Noun |
| depressing | x/x | Adjective |
| devastating | /xxx | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| dim | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| disappointing | xx/x | Adjective |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| disconsolate | xxxx | Adjective, Noun |
| discouraging | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| disheartening | x/xx | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| dispiriting | x/xx | Adjective |
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| distressing | x/x | Adjective |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| dour | /x | Adjective |
| doyle | / | Name |
| draconian | x/xx | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| dreary | /x | Adjective |
| dull | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| dura | /x | Noun |
| dusky | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dynasty | /xx | Noun |
| eerie | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| elliott | /xx | Name |
| embarrassing | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| fierce | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| forbidding | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| forge | / | Verb, Noun |
| formidable | /xxx | Adjective |
| fraser | /x | Name |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| gardener | /xx | Noun |
| gloomy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| glum | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| grisly | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| gruesome | /x | Adjective |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| harmful | /x | Adjective |
| harrowing | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| harsh | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| harvester | /xx | Noun |
| harvesting | /xx | Noun |
| heartless | /x | Adjective |
| herodian | /xxx | Name, Adjective |
| hideous | /xx | Adjective |
| hopeless | /x | Adjective |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective |
| horrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| implacable | x/xx | Adjective |
| inclement | x/x | Adjective |
| inexorable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| killer | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| laborious | x/xx | Adjective |
| locomotive | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| macabre | x/x | Adjective |
| margaret | /xx | Name |
| master | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| maya | /x | Name |
| melancholy | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| meredith | /xx | Name |
| merovingian | /x/xx | Name, Adjective |
| minstrel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| monstrous | /x | Adjective |
| moody | /x | Name, Adjective |
| mordant | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| morose | x/ | Adjective |
| mower | /x | Noun |
| murky | /x | Adjective |
| nagging | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| nefarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| negative | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| nelson | /x | Name |
| nightmarish | /xx | Adjective |
| noah | /x | Name |
| nubian | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| pernicious | x/x | Adjective |
| pessimistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| pharaonic | xx/x | Adjective |
| phonograph | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| piper | /x | Name |
| plough | / | Noun, Verb |
| plow | / | Noun, Verb |
| potter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| precarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| prophet | /x | Noun |
| ptolemaic | xx/x | Adjective |
| queue | / | Noun, Verb |
| raking | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| raw | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| reapers | /x | Noun |
| relentless | x/x | Adjective |
| rigid | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| rigorous | /xx | Adjective |
| rodney | /x | Name |
| ruthless | /x | Adjective |
| sadder | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| sam | / | Name, Verb, Adverb, Adjective |
| sarcastic | x/x | Adjective |
| scary | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| scott | / | Name |
| serious | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| severe | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| shocking | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| shooter | /x | Noun |
| sick | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| sob | / | Noun, Verb |
| sobering | /xx | Adjective |
| somber | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| sombre | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| soul | / | Noun, Verb |
| spooky | /x | Adjective |
| stark | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb |
| stern | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| stiff | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| stringent | /x | Adjective |
| tail | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| teller | /x | Noun |
| tense | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| tom | / | Name, Verb |
| tony | /x | Name, Adjective |
| tough | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| tragic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| ugly | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| unbleached | x/ | Adjective |
| unforgiving | xx/x | Adjective |
