You need at least one syllable. Every word has at least one.
The word "English" has two syllables.
The word English has two syllables. Eng-lish.
Floccinaucinihilipilification with 12 syllables.
Seventeen
One. Or if in Shakespearean English, two, where it would be pronounced as wish-ed, unless spelled as wish'd.
There are 3 syllables! :)
"Delecate" is not an English word. The word delicate has three syllables. The syllables are del-e-cate.
There are 2 syllables. Make-shift.
The English word once has one syllable. The Spanish word once (English for eleven) has two syllables.
Two in normal spoken English. Even a poet would probably not give it more syllables as the silent e in English is not counted as a poetic syllable (unlike the silent e in French poetry).
There are four syllables. Would-be-in-pain.
There are 2 syllables. Would-n't.