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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| rare | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| scarce | / | Adjective |
| spare | / | Adjective |
| nowhere to be found | /x/// | Phrase, Adjective |
| short | / | Adjective |
| scanty | /x | Adjective |
| scant | / | Adjective |
| not long for this world | ///// | Phrase, Adjective |
| stingy | /x | Adjective |
| close | / | Adjective |
| elusive | x/x | Adjective |
| tight | / | Adjective |
| unlikely | x/x | Adjective |
| last | / | Adjective |
| uneasy | x/x | Adjective |
| fickle | /x | Adjective |
| needy | /x | Adjective |
| out of sight | /// | Phrase, Adjective |
| strange | / | Adjective |
| scare | / | Noun |
| thin | / | Adjective |
| poor | / | Adjective |
| lacking | /x | Verb |
| reluctant | x/x | Adjective |
| perdu | x/ | Noun |
| precious | /x | Adjective |
| wide of the mark | //x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| impossible | x/xx | Adjective |
| pitiful | /xx | Adjective |
| difficile | /xx | Noun |
| fugitive | /xx | Noun |
| measly | /x | Adjective |
| slight | / | Adjective |
| hard up | // | Phrase, Adjective, Verb |
| wild | / | Adjective |
| cheap | / | Adjective |
| rough around the edges | /x/x/x | Phrase, Adjective |
| ironic | x/x | Adjective |
| outrageous | x/x | Adjective |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| vague | / | Adjective |
| meagre | /x | Adjective |
| meager | /x | Adjective |
| abstract | x/ | Name |
| wide | / | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective |
| invaluable | x/xx | Adjective |
| inexact | xx/ | Adjective |
| strayed | / | Verb |
| crummy | /x | Noun |
| hard of hearing | ///x | Phrase, Adjective |
| cross | / | Noun |
| slippery | /xx | Adjective |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| skimpy | /x | Adjective |
| flaky | /x | Noun |
| outlandish | x/x | Adjective |
| skittish | /x | Adjective |
| crazy | /x | Adjective |
| frail | / | Adjective |
| triste | / | Noun |
| rough | / | Adjective |
| enormous | x/x | Adjective |
| indigent | /xx | Noun |
| hapless | /x | Adjective |
| out of the question | //x/x | Phrase, Adjective |
| underused | xx/ | Adjective |
| waste | / | Noun |
| underserved | xx/ | Adjective |
| mislaid | x/ | Verb |
| lonely | /x | Adjective |
| strait | / | Noun |
| unenviable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| crusty | /x | Adjective |
| simple | /x | Adjective |
| freak | / | Noun |
| obscure | x/ | Adjective |
| abject | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| able | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| absolutely | xx/x | Adverb |
| abstinent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| academically | xx/xx | Adverb |
| accession | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| across | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| action | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| advent | /x | Noun, Verb |
| afield | x/ | Adverb |
| after | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| afternoon | xx/ | Noun, Adverb |
| age | / | Noun, Verb |
| ahead | x/ | Adverb |
| alan | /x | Name |
| all | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| allen | /x | Name |
| already | x/x | Adverb |
| alright | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| always | /x | Adverb, Noun |
| amelia | x/x | Name |
| amid | x/ | Noun |
| amidst | x/ | |
| among | x/ | Adverb |
| amongst | x/ | |
| amply | /x | Adverb |
| anniversary | xx/xx | Noun |
| announcement | x/x | Noun |
| anon | xx | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| any | /x | Adverb |
| apart | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| appreciably | x/xx | Adverb |
| are | / | Noun |
| arid | /x | Adjective |
| ariel | /xx | Name |
| around | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| arrival | x/x | Noun |
| asset | /x | Noun |
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| backflow | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| balcony | /xx | Noun |
| bebop | /x | Noun, Verb |
| becomes | x/ | Verb |
| behest | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| below | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| ben | / | Name, Adverb, Adjective |
| betwixt | x/ | Adjective |
| beyond | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| bien | / | Noun |
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| bis | / | Noun, Adverb |
| bit | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| brain | / | Noun, Verb |
| brief | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| broadly | /x | Adverb |
| came | / | Noun |
| canine | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| certain | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| certainly | /xx | Adverb |
| clear | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| clearly | /x | Adverb |
| cold | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| compare | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| completely | x/x | Adverb |
| comprise | x/ | Verb |
| con | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| connecting | x/x | Verb |
| considerable | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| cos | / | Noun |
| countless | /x | Adjective |
| couple | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| currently | /xx | Adverb |
| date | / | Noun, Verb |
| day | / | Noun, Verb |
| decidedly | x/xx | Adverb |
| deep | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| definitely | /xxx | Adverb |
| degree | x/ | Noun |
| difference | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| different | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| distance | /x | Noun, Verb |
| distant | /x | Adjective |
| distinctly | x/x | Adverb |
| dozen | /x | Noun |
| dramatically | x/xx | Adverb |
| drink | / | Noun, Verb |
| during | /x | Noun |
| early | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| east | / | Name, Adjective, Adverb |
| eastern | /x | Adjective |
| edge | / | Noun, Verb |
| end | / | Noun, Verb |
| endpoint | /x | Noun, Verb |
| enough | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| enter | /x | Verb, Noun |
| entirely | x/xx | Adverb |
| entry | /x | Noun |
| even | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| ever | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| exactly | x/x | Adverb |
| extensively | x/xx | Adverb |
| extent | x/ | Noun, Adjective |
| extreme | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| extremely | x/x | Adverb |
| extremist | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| fairly | /x | Adverb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| faraway | /x/ | Noun, Adjective |
| faring | /x | Noun |
| fern | / | Noun |
| fetched | / | Verb, Adjective |
| fewer | /x | Adjective |
| fine | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| firmly | /x | Adverb |
| five | / | Noun |
| following | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| formed | / | Adjective |
| fort | / | Noun, Verb |
| forward | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| friday | /x | Name, Adverb |
| from | / | Adverb |
| fully | /x | Adverb, Verb |
| gage | / | Noun, Verb |
| glass | / | Noun, Verb |
| go | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| good | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| grand | / | Noun, Adjective |
| great | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| greatly | /x | Adverb |
| grinds | / | Noun |
| handful | /x | Noun |
| handheld | // | Adjective, Noun |
| handle | /x | Verb, Noun |
| happening | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| hardly | /x | Adverb |
| hardly a | /xx | Phrase |
| heavily | /xx | Adverb |
| here | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| heretofore | xx/ | Adverb |
| high | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| highly | /x | Adverb |
| hitherto | /x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| home | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| hon | / | Noun, Adjective |
| immoderate | x/xx | Adjective |
| in | x | Verb, Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| inadequate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| include | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| incomparably | x/xxx | Adverb |
| individual | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| infinitely | /xxx | Adverb |
| infrequent | x/x | Adjective |
| innumerable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| inside | x/ | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| insignificant | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| insofar | /xx | Adverb |
| instalment | x/x | Noun |
| instead | x/ | Adverb |
| insufficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| inter | x/ | Name, Verb |
| intergovernmental | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| involving | x/x | Verb |
| juggling | /xx | Noun |
| just | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| kindergarten | /xxx | Noun |
| lang | / | Noun, Adjective |
| large | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| largely | /x | Adverb |
