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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| waste | / | Noun, Noun | 
| barren | /x | Noun, Noun, Adjective | 
| desert | /x | Noun | 
| hellhole | /x | Noun | 
| wilderness | /xx | Noun | 
| badland | /x | Noun | 
| desolation | xx/x | Noun | 
| godforsaken | /x/x | Noun | 
| oasis | x/x | Noun | 
| backwater | /xx | Noun | 
| oblivion | x/xx | Noun | 
| inhospitable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| overgrown | xx/ | Adjective | 
| uninhabited | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| expanse | x/ | Noun | 
| metropolis | x/xx | Noun | 
| megalopolis | xx/xx | Noun | 
| swamp | / | Noun | 
| bleak | / | Adjective | 
| derelict | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| junkyard | /x | Noun | 
| outpost | /x | Noun | 
| marshland | /x | Noun | 
| utopia | x/xx | Noun | 
| wonderland | /xx | Noun | 
| lifeless | /x | Adjective | 
| netherworld | /xx | Noun | 
| jungle | /x | Noun | 
| rubble | /x | Noun | 
| swampy | /x | Adjective | 
| slum | / | Noun | 
| tundra | /x | Noun | 
| blighted | /x | Adjective | 
| paradise | /xx | Noun | 
| cesspool | /x | Noun | 
| dystopia | //xx | Noun | 
| ghetto | /x | Noun | 
| heartland | /x | Noun | 
| soulless | /x | Adjective | 
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective | 
| prairie | /x | Noun | 
| woodland | /x | Noun | 
| suburbia | x/xx | Noun | 
| ruins | /x | Noun | 
| eyesore | /x | Noun | 
| abyss | x/ | Noun | 
| decrepit | x/x | Adjective | 
| squalor | /x | Noun | 
| detritus | x/x | Noun | 
| hellish | /x | Adjective | 
| grassland | /x | Noun | 
| borderland | /xx | Noun | 
| drab | / | Noun | 
| purgatory | /xxx | Noun | 
| hovel | /x | Noun | 
| wildland | /x | Noun | 
| wold | / | Name | 
| scorched earth | /x | Phrase, Noun, Adjective | 
| sands | / | Noun | 
| war zone | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| vacant lot | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| hinterland | /xx | Noun | 
| field | / | Noun | 
| lande | / | Noun | 
| wild | / | Adjective | 
| impasse | x/ | Noun | 
| westland | /x | Name | 
| disaster area | x/x/xx | Phrase, Noun | 
| land | / | Noun | 
| countryside | /xx | Noun | 
| dump | / | Noun | 
| scary | /x | Adjective | 
| bottomless pit | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| plain | / | Noun | 
| graveyard | /x | Noun | 
| wadi | /x | Noun | 
| dumping ground | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| butt | / | Noun | 
| fallow | /x | Noun | 
| wall | / | Noun | 
| weald | / | Name | 
| rubbish dump | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| swidden | /x | Noun | 
| outback | /x | Noun | 
| steppe | / | Noun | 
| terra incognita | /x/x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| foreland | /x | Noun | 
| area | /xx | Noun | 
| forestland | /xx | Noun | 
| rock | / | Noun | 
| place | / | Noun | 
| wald | / | Name | 
| landfall | /x | Noun | 
| karoo | x/ | Name | 
| backwoods | // | Noun | 
| westward | /x | Noun | 
| sweep | / | Noun | 
| gulf | / | Noun | 
| minefield | /x | Noun | 
| landfill | /x | Noun | 
| headland | /x | Noun | 
| scar | / | Noun | 
| wash | / | Noun | 
| battleground | /xx | Noun | 
| dry lake | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| clearing | /x | Noun | 
| frontier | x/ | Noun | 
| wanderer | /xx | Noun | 
| mou | x | Name | 
| uninhabitable | xx/xxx | Adjective | 
| reclamation | xx/x | Noun | 
| napier | /xx | Name | 
| cultivable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| waterless | /xx | Adjective | 
| reclaimed | x/ | Verb, Adjective | 
| redeeming | x/x | Verb | 
| trackless | /x | Adjective | 
| hectares | /x | Noun | 
| stretches | /x | Noun | 
| treeless | /x | Adjective | 
| farmland | /x | Noun | 
| stumps | / | Noun | 
| arid | /x | Adjective | 
| scorched | / | Adjective | 
| irrigate | /xx | Verb | 
| parched | / | Adjective | 
| devastated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| uncultivated | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| patch | / | Noun | 
| frozen | /x | Adjective | 
| scrubby | /x | Adjective | 
| dunes | / | Noun | 
| tracts | / | Noun | 
| battlefield | /xx | Noun | 
| desertification | /xxx/x | Noun | 
| emptiness | /xx | Noun | 
| heath | / | Noun | 
| moorland | /x | Noun | 
| morass | x/ | Noun | 
| mountainside | /xx | Noun | 
| sewer | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| stagnation | x/x | Noun | 
| vague | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| wave | / | Noun, Verb | 
| die | / | Verb, Noun | 
| fall | / | Verb, Noun | 
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb | 
| save | / | Verb, Noun | 
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| pidgin | /x | Noun | 
