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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| poor | / | Noun |
| ghetto | /x | Noun |
| squalor | /x | Noun |
| favela | x/x | Noun |
| shanty | /x | Noun |
| tenement | /xx | Noun |
| hovels | /x | Noun |
| squatter | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| squalid | /x | Adjective |
| barrio | /xx | Noun |
| impoverished | x/x | Adjective |
| urban | /x | Name, Adjective |
| poverty | /xx | Noun |
| hellhole | /x | Noun |
| dilapidated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| grimy | /x | Adjective |
| shacks | / | Noun |
| metropolis | x/xx | Noun |
| wasteland | /x | Noun |
| suburban | x/x | Adjective |
| orphanage | /xx | Noun |
| neighborhood | /xx | Noun |
| ramshackle | /xx | Adjective |
| underclass | /xx | Noun |
| homeless | /x | Noun |
| filthy | /x | Adjective |
| blighted | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| jungle | /x | Noun |
| city | /x | Noun |
| dingy | /x | Adjective |
| orphan | /x | Noun |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| posh | / | Adjective |
| beggar | /x | Noun |
| street | / | Noun |
| sink | / | Noun |
| sprawl | / | Noun |
| poorhouse | /x | Noun |
| project | /x | Noun |
| heap | / | Noun |
| urban sprawl | /x/ | Name, Name |
| hood | / | Noun |
| developments | x/xx | Noun |
| dwelling | /x | Noun, Verb |
| colony | /xx | Noun |
| big house | // | Name, Name |
| housing | /x | Noun |
| community | x/xx | Noun |
| ruin | /x | Noun |
| longhouse | /x | Noun |
| dormitory | /xxx | Noun |
| living quarters | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| doghouse | /x | Noun |
| shoebox | /x | Noun |
| sweatshop | /x | Noun |
| estate | x/ | Noun |
| midden | /x | Noun |
| village | /x | Noun |
| habitation | xx/x | Noun |
| rookery | /xx | Noun |
| outskirts | /x | Noun |
| crib | / | Noun |
| rooming house | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| place | / | Noun |
| junkyard | /x | Noun |
| slip | / | Noun |
| habitat | /xx | Noun |
| precinct | /x | Noun |
| apartment building | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| settlement | /xx | Noun |
| quartier | /xx | Noun |
| sliver | /x | Noun |
| drum | / | Noun |
| homestead | /x | Noun |
| workhouse | /x | Noun |
| house of ill repute | ///x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| festering | /xx | Verb |
| rainwater | /xx | Noun |
| upgrading | x/x | Verb |
| dwellers | /x | Noun |
| fetid | /x | Adjective |
| disorganized | x/xx | Verb, Adjective |
| overcrowded | /xxx | Adjective |
| stinking | /x | Adjective |
| notorious | x/xx | Adjective |
| roberts | /x | Name |
| congested | x/x | Adjective |
| redevelopment | xx/xx | Noun |
| teeming | /x | Verb |
| foggy | /x | Adjective |
| degenerated | x/xxx | Verb |
| crowded | /x | Adjective |
| havana | x/x | Name |
| harlem | /x | Name |
| sordid | /x | Adjective |
| filth | / | Noun |
| decaying | x/x | Verb |
| clearance | /x | Noun |
| worst | / | Adjective |
| coast | / | Noun |
| italian | x/x | Adjective |
| demolished | x/x | Verb |
| spectacle | /xx | Noun |
| calcutta | x/x | Name |
| infamous | /xx | Adjective |
| peruvian | x/xx | Adjective |
| fringe | / | Noun |
| residents | /xx | Noun |
| huts | / | Noun |
| revisited | x/xx | Verb |
| desolate | /xx | Adjective |
| factory | /xx | Noun |
| bombay | x/ | Name |
| veritable | /xxx | Adjective |
| vile | / | Adjective |
| delhi | /x | Name |
| populated | /xxx | Verb |
| deteriorated | x/xxxx | Verb |
| inhabited | x/xx | Verb |
| dreary | /x | Adjective |
| brazilian | x/x | Adjective |
| horrors | /x | Noun |
| amish | /x | Adjective, Name |
| black | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| boardinghouse | /xx | Noun |
| bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bum | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| class | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| dirty | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| disadvantaged | xx/x | Adjective |
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| dump | / | Noun, Verb |
| gross | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| hill | / | Noun, Verb |
| indiscriminate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| lord | / | Noun, Verb |
| mess | / | Noun, Verb |
| new york | // | Name, Name |
| parish | /x | Noun, Verb |
| parishes | /xx | Noun |
| prison | /x | Noun, Verb |
| random | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| residential | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| rich | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| rural | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| scum | / | Noun, Verb |
| sewer | /x | Noun, Verb |
| skid row | // | Phrase, Noun |
| wealth | / | Noun |
| wildcat | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| dicky | /x | Name, Adjective |
| sfa | x | Name |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
