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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| above | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| abyss | x/ | Noun | 
| accompany | x/xx | Verb | 
| accrue | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| ache | / | Noun, Verb | 
| acheron | x/x | Name | 
| adjoining | x/x | Adjective | 
| advance | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| afresh | x/ | Adverb | 
| aft | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| after | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| afterlife | /xx | Noun | 
| afternoon | xx/ | Noun, Adverb | 
| again | x/ | Adverb | 
| ago | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| agony | /xx | Noun | 
| ahead | x/ | Adverb | 
| along | x/ | Adverb | 
| already | x/x | Adverb | 
| an | / | Noun | 
| anew | x/ | Adverb | 
| anger | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| ante | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| arrears | x/ | Verb | 
| astern | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb | 
| awesome | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| awful | /x | Adjective, Adverb | 
| back out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| back up | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| backbone | /x | Noun | 
| backcountry | //x | Noun | 
| backdrop | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| backed | / | Adjective | 
| backend | x/ | Noun | 
| background | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| backhand | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| backseat | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| backside | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| backtrack | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| backup | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| backward | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| backyard | /x | Noun | 
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| band | / | Noun, Verb | 
| barn | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bazaar | x/ | Noun | 
| beard | / | Noun, Verb | 
| before | x/ | Adverb | 
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| belly | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| ben | / | Name, Adverb, Adjective | 
| bench | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bentley | /x | Name | 
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| binding | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| blaze | / | Noun, Verb | 
| blimey | /x | Noun | 
| blood | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bloodstream | /x | Noun | 
| body | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| bollocks | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| bone | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| boost | / | Verb, Noun | 
| bottom | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| bottomless | /xx | Adjective | 
| boy | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| bricked | / | Verb, Adjective | 
| bright | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| bring | / | Verb | 
| bring forward | //x | Phrase, Verb | 
| brothel | /x | Noun | 
| bugger | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| butt | / | Noun, Verb | 
| camp | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| carnage | /x | Noun | 
| champion | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| chaos | /x | Noun | 
| chest | / | Noun, Verb | 
| chine | / | Noun, Verb | 
| christ | / | Name | 
| circus | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| cirque | / | Noun | 
| claw | / | Noun, Verb | 
| clock | / | Noun, Verb | 
| cluttered | /x | Adjective | 
| coal | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| coast | / | Noun, Verb | 
| coccyx | /x | Noun | 
| collect | x/ | Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| come | / | Verb, Noun | 
| comeback | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| comfort | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| confirm | x/ | Verb, Adverb | 
| conversely | /xx | Adverb | 
| conversion | x/x | Noun | 
| copies | /x | Noun | 
| cover | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| crap | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| crazy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| dammit | /x | Noun | 
| damn | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun | 
| dang | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| darkness | /x | Noun | 
| decline | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| decrease | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| defend | x/ | Verb | 
| delirium | x/xx | Noun | 
| delusion | x/x | Noun | 
| demon | /x | Noun | 
| den | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| dent | / | Noun, Verb | 
| devil | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| devilishly | /xxx | Adverb | 
| die | / | Verb, Noun | 
| dirtiest | /xx | Adjective | 
| disgrace | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| dog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| door | / | Noun, Verb | 
| dorsal | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| dorsum | /x | Noun | 
| dos | / | Noun, Verb | 
| dossier | x/ | Noun | 
| double up | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| drift | / | Noun, Verb | 
| dual | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| earlier | /xx | Adverb, Adjective | 
| emptiness | /xx | Noun | 
| end | / | Noun, Verb | 
| endorse | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| eternal | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| ethereal | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| even | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| everlasting | xx/x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| evil | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| expense | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| face | / | Noun, Verb | 
| feedback | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| fender | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| fiend | / | Noun, Verb | 
| fiercer | /x | Adjective | 
| file | / | Noun, Verb | 
| find | / | Verb, Noun | 
| fire | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| fist | / | Noun, Verb | 
| flashback | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| flatbed | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| flip | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| floating | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| fond | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| fore | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| foregoing | x/x | Adjective | 
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| forth | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective | 
| forward | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| freaking | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| fro | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| front | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| fullback | /x | Noun | 
| fun | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| fund | / | Noun, Verb | 
| funk | / | Noun, Verb | 
| funny | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| furnish | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| further | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| gage | / | Noun, Verb | 
| gale | / | Noun, Verb | 
| game | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| garden | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| gator | /x | Noun | 
| gee | / | Name, Verb | 
| geez | / | Noun | 
| gehenna | //x | Name | 
| get | / | Verb, Noun | 
| god | / | Name, Verb | 
| goddam | /x | Noun | 
| golly | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| goodness | /x | Noun | 
| gosh | / | Noun | 
| guarantee | xx/ | Noun, Verb | 
| guarding | /x | Noun | 
| hades | /x | Name | 
| handiwork | /xx | Noun | 
| hanging | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| haut | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| head | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| heartache | /x | Noun | 
| heaven | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| heck | / | Noun, Verb | 
| heil | / | Name, Verb | 
| hel | / | Noun | 
| heller | /x | Name | 
| hellfire | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| hellhole | /x | Noun | 
| hellish | /x | Adjective | 
| here | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective | 
| hereafter | x/x | Adverb, Noun, Adjective | 
| hey | / | Name | 
| high | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| hill | / | Noun, Verb | 
| hind | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| hinder | /x | Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| hindsight | /x | Noun | 
| hole | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| holy | /x | Name, Adjective | 
| home | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb | 
| homecoming | /xx | Noun | 
| hook | / | Noun, Verb | 
| horrible | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| horror | /x | Noun | 
| horse | / | Noun, Verb | 
| hot | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| howl | / | Noun, Verb | 
| hump | / | Noun, Verb | 
| immediately | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| inclination | xx/x | Noun | 
| income | /x | Noun | 
| inferno | x/x | Noun | 
| insane | x/ | Adjective | 
| inside | x/ | Adverb, Noun, Adjective | 
| inversely | x/x | Adverb | 
| jeez | / | Name | 
| jesus | /x | Name, Verb | 
| junk | / | Noun, Verb | 
| junkie | /x | Noun | 
| kidney | /x | Noun | 
| kitchen | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| lap | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| last | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| lat | / | Name, Adjective | 
| later | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| lethe | / | Name | 
| life | / | Noun, Verb | 
| lighted | /x | Adjective | 
| line | / | Noun, Verb | 
| lineman | /x | Noun | 
| littered | /x | Adjective | 
| locate | /x | Verb | 
| loin | / | Noun | 
| long | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| look | / | Verb, Noun | 
| loosen | /x | Verb | 
| lord | / | Noun, Verb | 
| lumbar | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| make | / | Verb, Noun | 
| man | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| marksmen | /x | Noun | 
| martyr | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| martyrdom | /xx | Noun | 
| me | / | Noun | 
| memorize | /xx | Verb | 
| merits | /x | Noun | 
| mermaid | /x | Noun | 
| mess | / | Noun, Verb | 
| midday | /x | Noun | 
| miracle | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| misery | /xx | Noun | 
| mistake | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| morning | /x | Noun | 
| mystery | /xx | Noun | 
| neck | / | Noun, Verb | 
| nether | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| netherworld | /xx | Noun | 
| never | /x | Adverb | 
| new | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb | 
| newly | /x | Adverb | 
| nice | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| nightmare | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| noncurrent | x/x | Adjective | 
| noon | / | Noun, Verb | 
| nothingness | /xx | Noun | 
| notochord | /xx | Noun | 
| now | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| once | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| ornery | /xx | Adjective | 
| out | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| over | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| overdue | /x/ | Adjective | 
| overleaf | /xx | Adverb | 
| page | / | Noun, Verb | 
| palm | / | Noun, Verb | 
| past | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| paved | / | Adjective | 
| penny | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| perdition | x/x | Noun | 
| perform | x/ | Verb | 
| person | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| pit | / | Noun, Verb | 
| poop | / | Noun, Verb | 
| posterior | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| precedent | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| preceding | x/x | Adjective | 
| previous | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| prior | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| puncture | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| punt | / | Noun, Verb | 
| purgatory | /xxx | Noun, Adjective | 
| put | / | Verb, Noun | 
| quarter | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| quarterback | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| rage | / | Noun, Verb | 
| railed | / | Adjective | 
| rear | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| rearward | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| rebate | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| recall | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| recapture | x/x | Verb, Noun | 
| reclaim | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| recoil | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| recommit | x/x | Verb, Noun | 
| reconsider | xx/x | Verb | 
| record | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| recoup | x/ | Verb | 
| recover | x/x | Verb, Noun | 
| recovery | x/x | Noun | 
| rectory | /xx | Noun | 
| recuperate | x/xx | Verb | 
| recurrence | x/x | Noun | 
| reduce | x/ | Verb | 
| reentry | x/x | Noun | 
| refund | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| regain | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| regression | x/x | Noun | 
| regressive | x/x | Adjective | 
| reject | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| relapse | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| reminds | x/ | Verb | 
| remission | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| remit | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| render | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| renege | x/ | Verb | 
| repatriation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| repay | x/ | Verb | 
| repeat | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| reply | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| restoration | xx/x | Noun | 
| restore | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| resume | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| resumption | x/x | Noun | 
| resurgence | x/x | Noun | 
| retour | x/ | Noun | 
| retract | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| retreat | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| retrieve | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| retro | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| retroactive | xx/x | Adjective | 
| retrograde | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| retrospective | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| return | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| revenue | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| reverse | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| reversion | x/x | Noun | 
| revert | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| review | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| revise | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| revisit | x/x | Verb, Noun | 
| revival | x/x | Noun | 
| rewind | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| ride | / | Noun, Verb | 
| ringlets | /x | Noun | 
| root | / | Noun, Verb | 
| round | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| row | / | Noun, Verb | 
| rub | / | Verb, Noun | 
| rump | / | Noun, Verb | 
| running back | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| rush | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| saddle | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| salvage | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| satan | /x | Name | 
| scare | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| screw | / | Noun, Verb | 
| second | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| see | / | Verb, Noun | 
| senior | /x | Adjective, Name | 
| setback | /x | Noun | 
| shaded | /x | Adjective | 
| shadowed | /x | Adjective | 
| shoulder | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| side | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb | 
| sin | / | Noun, Verb | 
| since | / | Adverb | 
| siren | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| small | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| son | / | Noun, Verb | 
| spin | / | Noun, Verb | 
| spinal column | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| spine | / | Noun | 
| stake | / | Noun, Verb | 
| stern | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| still | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| stinking | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| stomach | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| straight | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| stuff | / | Noun, Verb | 
| styx | / | Name | 
| submit | x/ | Verb | 
| subsequent | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| substance | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| substantiate | x/xx | Verb | 
| substantive | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| successor | x/x | Noun | 
| sucker | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| sulphurous | /xx | Adjective | 
| sunlit | /x | Adjective | 
| support | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| sustain | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| tail | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| tale | / | Noun, Verb | 
| tartarus | /xx | Name | 
| that | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| the pits | x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| then | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| there | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| thigh | / | Noun | 
| thin | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| thing | / | Noun, Verb | 
| throwback | /x | Noun | 
| thunder | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| tooth | / | Noun, Verb | 
| toothless | /x | Adjective | 
| top | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb | 
| torment | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| towards | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| tower | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| trace | / | Noun, Verb | 
| tragedy | /xx | Noun | 
| trailing | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| traitor | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| trap | / | Noun, Verb | 
| trick | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| trip | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| trouble | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| trunk | / | Noun, Verb | 
| try | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| turd | / | Noun, Verb | 
| turn | / | Verb, Noun | 
| two | / | Noun | 
| underpin | /xx | Verb | 
| underworld | /xx | Noun | 
| unlit | xx | Adjective | 
| unoccupied | x/xx | Adjective | 
| upper | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| vault | / | Noun, Verb | 
| verso | /x | Noun | 
| vertebra | /xx | Noun | 
| vertebral column | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| vice | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| vouch | / | Verb, Noun | 
| waist | / | Noun | 
| warrant | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| weal | / | Noun, Verb | 
| what | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| where | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| which | / | Noun | 
| who | / | Noun | 
| whore | / | Noun, Verb | 
| whorehouse | /x | Noun | 
| withdraw | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| yet | / | Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| yonder | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| you | / | Verb, Noun | 
