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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| one up | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| upper hand | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| hide | / | Noun |
| slide | / | Noun |
| leg up | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| drop | / | Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| back of one's hand | //// | Phrase, Noun |
| catch | / | Noun |
| egg on one's face | //// | Phrase, Noun |
| proverbial | x/xx | Adjective |
| cinch | / | Noun |
| cess | x | Noun |
| loophole | /x | Noun |
| clue | / | Noun |
| save | / | Verb |
| poker face | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| sitting duck | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| how do you do | //// | Phrase, Noun |
| run for one's money | ////x | Phrase, Noun |
| get out of jail free card | ////// | Phrase, Noun |
| unlock | x/ | Verb |
| sack | / | Noun |
| hang | / | Verb |
| fig leaf | // | Name, Name |
| easy pickings | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| sucker punch | /x/ | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| in and out | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| hack | / | Noun |
| top secret | //x | Phrase, Adjective, Noun |
| trick | / | Noun |
| helping hand | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| ins and outs | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| stab in the back | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| confidence trick | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| spoiler alert | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| joke | / | Noun |
| gotcha | /x | Noun |
| golden opportunity | /xxx/xx | Name, Name |
| chip on one's shoulder | ////x | Phrase, Noun |
| game face | // | Phrase, Noun |
| fist | / | Noun |
| ahold | x/ | Adverb |
| grasp | / | Noun |
| start | / | Noun |
| pull | / | Noun |
| dodge | / | Noun |
| quick fix | // | Phrase, Noun |
| dead giveaway | //xx | Phrase, Noun |
| advance | x/ | Noun |
| trick of the trade | //x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| uphill battle | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| exploit | /x | Verb |
| inside job | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| nothing for it | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| blow | / | Noun |
| bag of tricks | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| lucky dip | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| blot on the escutcheon | //xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| big shot | // | Name, Name |
| smile from ear to ear | ///// | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| shave | / | Verb |
| the end of one's rope | x//// | Phrase, Noun |
| pickle | /x | Noun |
| bee in one's bonnet | /x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| free hand | // | Phrase, Noun |
| slant | / | Noun |
| cut of one's jib | //// | Phrase, Noun |
| quicksand | /x | Noun |
| parade | x/ | Noun |
| glove | / | Noun |
| abyss | x/ | Noun |
| accommodation | xxx/x | Noun |
| acer | /x | Name |
| adept | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| airman | /x | Noun |
| album | /x | Noun |
| aperture | /xx | Noun |
| asset | /x | Noun |
| astronaut | /xx | Noun |
| atom | /x | Noun |
| auger | /x | Noun, Verb |
| average | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| bag | / | Noun, Verb |
| ball | / | Noun, Verb |
| bandage | /x | Noun, Verb |
| basket | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bin | / | Noun, Verb |
| blemish | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bogey | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bolt | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| bore | / | Verb, Noun |
| borehole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| box | / | Noun, Verb |
| breach | / | Noun, Verb |
| breccia | /x | Noun |
| brig | / | Noun, Verb |
| bucket | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bullet | /x | Noun, Verb |
| burrow | /x | Noun, Verb |
| button | /x | Noun, Verb |
| buttonhole | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| cage | / | Noun, Verb |
| card | / | Noun, Verb |
| carpet | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cartoon | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| cave | / | Noun, Verb |
| cavity | /xx | Noun |
| champ | / | Noun, Verb |
| champion | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| chasm | /x | Noun |
| chimney | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chink | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| chute | / | Noun, Verb |
| circle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cleft | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| clump | / | Noun, Verb |
| comic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| committee | x/x | Noun |
| company | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| crack | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| cranny | /x | Noun, Verb |
| crate | / | Noun, Verb |
| crater | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cup | / | Noun, Verb |
| cylindrical | x/xx | Adjective |
| dark | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| deadlock | /x | Noun, Verb |
| deep | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| defect | /x | Noun, Verb |
| deficit | /xx | Noun |
| delocalized | x/xx | Adjective |
| dent | / | Noun, Verb |
| destroyer | x/x | Noun |
| deuce | / | Noun |
| did | / | Noun |
| difficulty | /xxx | Noun |
| dig | / | Verb, Noun |
| dip | / | Noun, Verb |
| dipole | /x | Noun |
| dirt | / | Noun, Verb |
| ditch | / | Noun, Verb |
| divide | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| doghouse | /x | Noun |
| dong | / | Noun, Verb |
| doughnut | /x | Noun, Verb |
| drain | / | Verb, Noun |
| drill | / | Noun, Verb |
| droplet | /x | Noun |
| dump | / | Noun, Verb |
| dungeon | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ece | / | Name |
| electromagnetic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| electron | x/x | Noun |
| emptiness | /xx | Noun |
| exciton | x/x | Noun |
| expert | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| eye | / | Noun, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| fault | / | Noun, Verb |
| fiddle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fie | x | Noun |
| fireplace | /xx | Noun |
| fish | / | Noun, Verb |
| fix | / | Verb, Noun |
| flaw | / | Noun, Verb |
| flier | /x | Noun, Verb |
| flyer | /x | Noun, Verb |
| foothold | /x | Noun |
| foxhole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| funnel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gap | / | Noun, Verb |
| gat | / | Noun, Verb |
| genius | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| golf | / | Noun, Verb |
| gopher | /x | Noun |
| gopher hole | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| got | / | Verb, Noun |
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| ground | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| hall | / | Noun |
| hardware | /x | Noun |
| haul | / | Verb, Noun |
| have | / | Verb, Noun |
| hellhole | /x | Noun |
| holed | / | Adjective |
| holl | / | Name |
| hollow | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| hotshot | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| hovel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ice | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| impasse | x/ | Noun |
| in one | x/ | Phrase |
| jack | / | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| jail | / | Noun, Verb |
| jam | / | Noun, Verb |
| kettle of fish | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| keyhole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| keying | /x | Noun |
| king | / | Noun, Verb |
| lacuna | x/x | Noun |
| lapse | / | Noun, Verb |
| large | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| leak | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| line | / | Noun, Verb |
| loch | / | Noun |
| lockup | /x | Noun |
| manhole | /x | Noun |
| maven | /x | Noun |
| maw | / | Noun |
| mess | / | Noun, Verb |
| mole | / | Noun, Verb |
| monad | /x | Noun |
| mortise | /x | Noun, Verb |
| mouse | / | Noun, Verb |
| mouth | / | Noun, Verb |
| mud | / | Noun, Verb |
| muddle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| nest | / | Noun, Verb |
| niche | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| old | / | Adjective, Noun |
| one | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| opening | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| option | /x | Noun, Verb |
| orifice | /xx | Noun |
| outlet | /x | Noun |
| parliament | /xx | Noun |
| particle | /xx | Noun |
| peephole | /x | Noun |
| pen | / | Noun, Verb |
| perforating | /xxx | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| perforation | xx/x | Noun |
| phonon | /x | Noun |
| photon | /x | Noun |
| pier | / | Noun |
