The word "blends" cannot be syllabicated as it only has one syllable.
To syllabicate the word "blends," we can divide it as "blends" /blΙnds/. The word has only one syllable, as the "bl" consonant blend and the "ends" vowel sound all make up one sound unit.
ele/va/tor
The word watched only has one syllable so it is not syllabicated.
Earnest has two syllables: ear-nest.
The word aerial has three syllables like so: aer-i-al.
The word fruit has one syllable. This means the whole word is the syllable and so it can't be divided into syllables.
When there is a double consonant in a word, you typically syllabicate it between the double consonants. For example, in the word "butter," you would syllabicate it as "but-ter."
but ter
ren.dez.vous
The three major types of consonant blends are initial blends (blends at the beginning of a word, e.g., "bl"), final blends (blends at the end of a word, e.g., "st"), and medial blends (blends in the middle of a word, e.g., "sk").
The word "item" is syllabicated as i-tem.
preach-ed.
Fin-e
am-nes-ty
an-i-mal
Un-sure.
Mis-spell.
Grum-ble