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All Words:

IDFullwordCount
94water1229
19eye1187
22fire1175
30head1173
28hair1148
64sun1148
9bone1135
59skin1131
14dog1085
90tooth (front rather than molar)1068
6bird1065
39man1064
74to eat1055
63stone1055
38louse1039
91tree1030
16ear1020
2ashes1018
92two988
51one981
49nose981
18egg975
10breast970
45name969
8blood964
65tail948
89tongue945
62star921
26good919
33I (pronoun d:1s)913
48night904
61smoke (of fire)903
71to come894
99woman882
84to sit876
149mother864
7black864
44mouth856
42moon848
83to see842
85to sleep835
86to stand826
2010leg814
76to give811
275pig798
34knee783
1994rain781
47new779
37long761
5big753
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