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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| undercover | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| sneaking | /x | Verb |
| underhanded | /x/x | Adjective |
| covert | /x | Adjective |
| surreptitious | xx/x | Adjective |
| sub rosa | //x | Name, Adverb, Adjective, Name |
| in cahoots | xx/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| buried | /x | Verb |
| internal | x/x | Adjective |
| sotto voce | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| implicit | x/x | Adjective |
| inside | x/ | Noun |
| backwards | /x | Noun |
| recessed | x/ | Adjective |
| supervised | /xx | Adjective |
| crouched | / | Verb |
| backhanded | /xx | Adjective |
| working | /x | Verb |
| encrypted | x/x | Adjective |
| camouflaged | /xx | Verb |
| sequestered | x/x | Adjective |
| hind | / | Noun |
| underlying | xx/x | Adjective |
| inner | /x | Adjective |
| side | / | Noun |
| offhand | // | Noun |
| backside | /x | Noun |
| reversed | x/ | Verb |
| busy | /x | Adjective |
| inward | /x | Adjective |
| out of sight | /// | Phrase, Adjective |
| conniving | x/x | Noun |
| collusive | x/x | Adjective |
| by the by | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| implied | x/ | Adjective |
| close | / | Adjective |
| subconscious | x/x | Adjective |
| confiding | x/x | Noun |
| posthumous | /xx | Adjective |
| apart | x/ | Adverb |
| sidelong | /xx | Adjective |
| forehand | /x | Noun |
| developing | x/xx | Verb |
| huddled | /x | Verb |
| sideways | /x | Adverb |
| collateral | x/xx | Noun |
| subtle | /x | Adjective |
| innermost | /xx | Adjective |
| in the raw | xx/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| coded | /x | Adjective |
| slumbering | /xx | Verb |
| rehearsed | x/ | Verb |
| operating | /xxx | Noun |
| underfoot | xx/ | Adverb |
| opposite | /xx | Noun |
| controlled | x/ | Adjective |
| running | /x | Verb |
| posterior | x/x | Adjective |
| subliminal | x/xx | Adjective |
| out and about | //x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| studied | /x | Verb |
| forethought | /x | Noun |
| laborious | x/xx | Adjective |
| devious | /xx | Adjective |
| beforehand | x/x | Noun |
| interred | x/ | Verb |
| secondhand | /xx | Adjective |
| cut up | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective |
| deep | / | Adjective |
| bagged | / | Verb |
| confessional | x/xx | Noun |
| post mortem | //x | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| sitting | /x | Verb |
| early | /x | Adjective |
| through | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| preceding | x/x | Verb |
| early on | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb |
| strained | / | Adjective |
| up against the wall | /x/x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| incidental | xx/x | Adjective |
| preliminary | x/xxx | Noun |
| meditated | /xxx | Verb |
| gradual | /xx | Adjective |
| seated | /x | Adjective |
| effective | x/x | Adjective |
| blinded | /x | Verb |
| businesslike | /xx | Adjective |
| overhand | /xx | Adjective |
| concerted | x/x | Adjective |
| entire | x/x | Adjective |
| orderly | /xx | Adjective |
| calculating | /xxx | Verb |
| trained | / | Adjective |
| ambushed | /x | Verb |
| blindfolded | /xx | Adjective |
| across | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| aft | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| after | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| afterwards | /xx | Adverb |
| ago | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| ahead | x/ | Adverb |
| alongside | x// | Adverb |
| arenas | x/x | Noun |
| around | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| arrow | /x | Noun, Verb |
| arse | / | Noun, Verb |
| aside | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| ass | / | Noun, Adjective |
| astern | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| backlog | /x | Noun, Verb |
| backroom | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| backs | / | Noun |
| backstage | // | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| backyard | /x | Noun |
| bars | / | Noun |
| battles | /x | Noun |
| bead | / | Noun, Verb |
| before | x/ | Adverb |
| behold | x/ | Verb |
| bellies | /x | Noun |
| bellows | /x | Noun, Verb |
| below | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| beneath | x/ | Adverb |
| beside | x/ | Adverb |
| better | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| beyond | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| bicycle | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| black | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| booty | /x | Noun |
| bottom | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bum | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| buns | / | Noun, Adjective |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| buttocks | /x | Verb |
| can | / | Verb, Noun |
| caused | / | Verb |
| cohesive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| collar | /x | Noun, Verb |
| compositions | xx/x | Noun |
| constitutionalist | xx/xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| contentious | x/x | Adjective |
| corridors | /xx | Noun |
| delays | x/ | Noun |
| dividing | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| divisive | x/x | Adjective |
| dominant | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| downstream | // | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| drop | / | Noun, Verb |
| episodes | /xx | Verb |
| events | x/ | Noun |
| exterior | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| extracts | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fanny | /x | Name |
| far | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| favoured | /x | Adjective |
| follow | /x | Verb, Noun |
| for | / | Noun |
| from | / | Noun |
| front | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| girl | / | Noun, Verb |
| grassroots | // | Adjective |
| harnessed | /x | Adjective |
| hind end | // | Phrase, Noun |
| hindquarters | /xx | Noun |
| hips | / | Adjective |
| hold | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| illustrates | /xx | Verb |
| images | /xx | Verb |
| in arrears | xx/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| incidents | /xx | Adverb |
| inconsequential | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| ineffectual | xx/xx | Adjective |
| kind | / | Noun, Adjective |
| lag | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| landscapes | /x | Adjective |
| lateness | /x | Noun |
| left | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| lenses | /x | Noun |
| levels | /x | Noun |
| linger | /x | Verb, Noun |
| locations | x/x | Noun |
| losing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| moments | /x | Noun |
| narratives | /xx | Noun |
| occurrences | x/xx | Noun |
| ongoing | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| origin | /xx | Noun |
| originally | x/xxx | Adverb |
| out | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| outer | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| outside | // | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| over | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| overdue | /x/ | Adjective |
| parables | /xx | Adjective |
| passages | /xx | Adjective |
| past | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| photos | /x | Adverb |
| pictures | /x | Noun |
| places | /x | Noun |
| plays | / | Verb, Noun |
| poems | /x | Noun |
| pointless | /x | Adjective |
| prat | / | Noun, Adjective |
| prices | /x | Noun |
| proactive | //x | Adjective |
| proscenium | //xx | Noun |
| prospects | /x | Noun |
| racks | / | Noun |
| readers | /x | Noun |
| reapers | /x | Noun |
| rear | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| rear end | // | Phrase, Noun |
| rearward | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| retardation | xx/x | Noun |
| retrograde | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| roots | / | Noun |
| rump | / | Noun, Verb |
| saddest | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| scenarios | x/xx | Noun |
| scene | / | Noun, Verb |
| screens | / | Verb |
| sequences | /xx | Verb |
| shadows | /x | Verb |
| short | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| shots | / | Verb |
| sidelines | /x | Noun |
| sights | / | Noun |
| sites | / | Noun |
| sketches | /x | Noun |
| skillful | /x | Adjective |
| slides | / | Noun, Verb |
| slow | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| spectacles | /xx | Noun |
| spectators | /xx | Noun |
| stages | /x | Noun |
| stern | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| stories | /x | Verb |
| successor | x/x | Noun |
| support | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| swath | / | Noun |
| tableaux | x/ | Noun |
| tables | /x | Noun |
| tail | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| tail end | // | Phrase, Noun |
| tales | / | Noun |
| tents | / | Noun |
| theatres | /xx | Noun |
| theatrics | /x | Noun |
| third | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| together | x/x | Adverb, Adjective |
| top | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| trailing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| uncluttered | x/x | Adjective |
| under | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| underneath | xx/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| underpinning | /xxx | Noun |
| unstructured | x/x | Adjective |
| upon | x/ | |
| venues | /x | Noun |
| viewers | /x | Noun |
| wake | / | Verb, Noun |
