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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| scrawny | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| anorexic | xx/x | Adjective |
| skinny | /x | Adjective |
| emaciated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| willowy | /xx | Adjective |
| chubby | /x | Noun |
| girl | / | Noun |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| vagabond | /xx | Noun |
| lass | / | Noun |
| orphan | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| elfin | /x | Name |
| vixen | /x | Noun |
| motherless | /xx | Noun |
| weakling | /x | Noun |
| scruffy | /x | Adjective |
| gaunt | / | Noun |
| dumpy | /x | Adjective |
| malnourished | x/x | Adjective |
| urchin | /x | Noun |
| haggard | /x | Noun |
| petite | x/ | Name |
| buxom | /x | Adjective |
| penniless | /xx | Adjective |
| tramp | / | Noun |
| starlet | /x | Noun |
| drifter | /x | Noun |
| bedraggled | x/x | Adjective |
| friendless | /x | Adjective |
| pudgy | /x | Noun |
| frail | / | Adjective |
| temptress | /x | Noun |
| vagrant | /x | Noun |
| lanky | /x | Adjective |
| sickly | /x | Adjective |
| misfit | /x | Noun |
| undernourished | xx/x | Adjective |
| blond | / | Noun |
| beggar | /x | Noun |
| pixie | /x | Noun |
| lithe | / | Adjective |
| supermodel | /xxx | Noun |
| playboy | /x | Noun |
| mangy | /x | Adjective |
| wanderer | /xx | Noun |
| outcast | /x | Noun |
| stray | / | Noun, Verb |
| foundling | /x | Noun |
| stranger | /x | Noun |
| minder | /x | Noun |
| outlaw | /x | Noun |
| rover | /x | Noun |
| fugitive | /xx | Noun |
| nomad | /x | Noun |
| welch | / | Name |
| foreign | /x | Name |
| runaway | /xx | Adjective |
| warrant | /x | Noun |
| transient | /x | Noun |
| plaything | /x | Noun |
| former | /x | Noun |
| bailee | /x | Noun |
| swain | / | Noun |
| casual | /xx | Adjective |
| scamp | / | Noun |
| heir at law | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| foster child | /x/ | Name, Name |
| waiver | /x | Noun |
| ward | / | Noun |
| castaway | /xx | Noun |
| absentee | xx/ | Noun |
| displaced person | x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| prodigal | /xx | Noun |
| rogue | / | Noun |
| sojourner | /xx | Noun |
| bailiff | /x | Noun |
| pupil | /x | Noun |
| makeshift | /x | Adjective |
| pauper | /x | Noun |
| fugitive from justice | /xx//x | Phrase, Noun |
| reliquary | x/xx | Noun |
| provost | /x | Noun |
| homeless | /x | Adjective |
| nameless | /x | Adjective |
| plains | / | Noun |
| starving | /x | Verb |
| helpless | /x | Adjective |
| pathetic | x/x | Adjective |
| ragged | /x | Adjective |
| pitiful | /xx | Adjective |
| lost | / | Adjective |
| streets | / | Noun |
| rescued | /x | Verb |
| down | / | Adverb |
| hungry | /x | Adjective |
| lonely | /x | Adjective |
| boy | / | Noun |
| poor | / | Adjective |
| arrival | x/x | Noun |
| innocent | /xx | Adjective |
| look | / | Noun |
| abandoned | x/x | Verb |
| neglected | x/x | Verb |
| story | /x | Noun |
| little | /x | Adjective |
| woman | /x | Noun |
| sad | / | Adjective |
| picked | / | Verb |
| eyes | / | Noun |
| tiny | /x | Adjective |
| pale | / | Adjective |
| heart | / | Noun |
| named | / | Verb |
| thin | / | Adjective |
| world | / | Noun |
| bright | / | Adjective |
| kind | / | Noun |
| mere | / | Adjective |
| abyssinian | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| accomplished | x/x | Adjective |
| adored | x/ | Adjective |
| affable | /xx | Adjective |
| afflicted | x/x | Adjective |
| ailing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| ambitious | x/x | Adjective |
| amiable | /xxx | Adjective |
| amorous | /xx | Adjective |
| anointed | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| apostate | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| babe | / | Noun |
| captive | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| dwarf | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| fallen | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| newcomer | /xx | Noun |
| sappy | /x | Adjective |
| upright | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| wayfarer | /xx | Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
