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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| stabbing | /x | Noun, Noun | 
| unexplained | xx/ | Adjective | 
| mysterious | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unidentifiable | xx/xxxx | Adjective | 
| inexplicable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| unidentified | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| randomness | /xx | Noun | 
| unpredictable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| blind alley | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| darkness | /x | Noun | 
| anonymously | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| cryptically | /xx | Adverb | 
| unknown | x/ | Adjective | 
| undefined | xx/ | Adjective | 
| unpredictability | xxxx/xx | Noun | 
| unanticipated | xx/xxx | Adjective | 
| unpredictably | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| unforeseeable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| uncertainty | x/xx | Noun | 
| speculative | /xxx | Adjective | 
| mystery | /xx | Noun | 
| obscurely | x/x | Adverb | 
| dark horse | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| stumble upon | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| speculation | xx/x | Noun | 
| unintentionally | xx/xxx | Adverb | 
| long shot | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| unrecognizable | xxx/xx | Adjective | 
| spontaneous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unspecified | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unexplainable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| unknowable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| indecipherable | xx/xxx | Adjective | 
| unknowingly | x/xx | Adverb | 
| conjectural | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unintentional | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| indeterminate | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| unbeknownst | xx/ | Adverb | 
| penknife | xx | Noun | 
| undocumented | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| unanswered | x/x | Adjective | 
| switchblade knife | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| undetermined | xx/x | Adjective | 
| unconventional | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| silhouetted | xx/x | Verb | 
| butcher knife | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| razor blade | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| arbitrariness | /xxxx | Noun | 
| ambiguous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| randomization | /xx/x | Noun | 
| undescribed | xx/ | Adjective | 
| unsubstantiated | xx/xxx | Adjective | 
| sneak peek | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| imagination | xxx/x | Noun | 
| enigmatically | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| intuition | xx/x | Noun | 
| terra incognita | /x/x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| unintelligible | xx/xxx | Adjective | 
| unannounced | xx/ | Adjective | 
| subconscious | x/x | Adjective | 
| accidental | xx/x | Adjective | 
| acorn | /x | Noun | 
| across | x/ | Adverb, Noun | 
| agar | /x | Noun | 
| algal | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| alley | /x | Noun | 
| an | / | Noun | 
| anther | /x | Noun | 
| appeal | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| arcane | x/ | Adjective | 
| archaic | x/x | Adjective, Name | 
| arrow | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| aseptic | x/x | Adjective | 
| assassinate | x/xx | Verb, Noun | 
| assault | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| attempt | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| banging | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| bayonet | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| beat | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| bedtime | /x | Noun | 
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| benighted | x/x | Adjective | 
| bite | / | Noun, Verb | 
| black | / | Adjective, Name, Verb | 
| blackout | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| bleak | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| blind | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| blood | / | Noun, Verb | 
| blue | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| bluish | /x | Adjective | 
| blur | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| blurry | /x | Adjective | 
| bosnian | /xx | Name, Adjective | 
| bout | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bright | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| brown | / | Name, Adjective, Verb | 
| brunet | x/ | Name, Adjective | 
| brunette | x/ | Noun, Adjective | 
| bruno | /x | Name | 
| challenge | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| changer | /x | Noun | 
| cheerless | /x | Adjective | 
| chestnut | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| chill | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| chimes | / | Verb | 
| cloudy | /x | Adjective | 
| cold | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| color | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| colour | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| concealed | x/ | Verb | 
| confusing | x/x | Adjective | 
| covert | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| crack | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| creepy | /x | Adjective | 
| curtain | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| dank | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| dappled | /x | Adjective | 
| darken | /x | Verb | 
| darkling | /x | Adjective, Name, Adverb | 
| day | / | Noun, Verb | 
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| daytime | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| deep | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| depressing | x/x | Adjective | 
| dig | / | Verb, Noun | 
| dim | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| discoloration | xxx/x | Noun | 
| disconsolate | xxxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| dismal | /x | Adjective | 
| dispiriting | x/xx | Adjective | 
| distinctive | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| dour | /x | Adjective | 
| dreary | /x | Adjective | 
| drizzle | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| dubious | /xx | Adjective | 
| dull | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| dusk | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| dusky | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| eerie | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| effort | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| empty | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| esoteric | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| evening | /x | Noun | 
| evil | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| extinct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| featureless | /xx | Adjective | 
| flame | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| flash | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| fog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| foggy | /x | Adjective | 
| foul | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| gap | / | Noun, Verb | 
| ghoulish | /x | Adjective | 
| gloom | / | Noun, Verb | 
| gloomy | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| glowering | /xx | Noun | 
| glum | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| goad | / | Noun, Verb | 
| gore | / | Noun, Verb | 
| gouge | / | Noun, Verb | 
| gray | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| grayling | /x | Noun | 
| green | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| grey | / | Adjective, Name, Verb | 
| grievance | /x | Noun | 
| grim | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| gust | / | Noun, Verb | 
| halibut | /xx | Noun | 
| hazy | /x | Adjective | 
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| hidden | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| hit | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| hunk | / | Noun | 
| hurt | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| ignorance | /xx | Noun | 
| inactive | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| incomprehensible | xxx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| iniquity | x/xx | Noun | 
| inky | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| inner | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| inside | x/ | Adverb, Noun, Adjective | 
| jab | / | Noun, Verb | 
| jacket | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| jolt | / | Noun, Verb | 
| kill | / | Verb, Noun | 
| knife | / | Noun, Verb | 
| knock | / | Verb, Noun | 
| lashes | /x | Noun | 
| light | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb | 
| lunge | / | Noun, Verb | 
| lurch | / | Noun, Verb | 
| magic | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| midnight | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| mist | / | Noun, Verb | 
| moody | /x | Name, Adjective | 
| morose | x/ | Adjective | 
| moves | / | Noun | 
| mule | / | Noun, Verb | 
| murky | /x | Adjective | 
| nasty | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| nebulous | /xx | Adjective | 
| negative | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| night | / | Noun, Verb | 
| nightfall | /x | Noun | 
| nighttime | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| nip | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| nocturnal | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| noir | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| obscurity | x/xx | Noun | 
| obverse | x/ | Noun, Adjective | 
| ominous | /xx | Adjective | 
| opaque | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| orange | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
