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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| shell game | // | Phrase, Noun |
| behind schedule | x//x | Phrase |
| misdirection | xx/x | Noun |
| get behind | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| behind bars | x// | Phrase |
| cue ball | // | Phrase, Noun |
| double meaning | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| double entendre | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| backtracking | /xx | Noun |
| backward | /x | Adjective |
| numbers game | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| paradoxical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| underhand | /x/ | Adjective |
| entrapment | x/x | Noun |
| hiding place | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| hardball | /x | Noun |
| slot machine | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| blind alley | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| foreshadowing | x/xx | Noun |
| red herring | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| suspenseful | x/x | Adjective |
| pinball machine | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| underneath | xx/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| falling behind | /xx/ | Phrase |
| russian roulette | /xx/ | Name, Name |
| obfuscation | xx/x | Noun |
| backdoor | /x | Noun |
| time bomb | // | Phrase, Noun |
| ball bearing | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| under pressure | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| unpredictability | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| asymmetrical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| achilles heel | x/xx | Name, Name |
| backhanded | /xx | Adjective |
| figurative language | /xxx/x | Phrase |
| conspiracy theory | x/xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| entrapped | x/ | Adjective |
| hidden agenda | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| inaccuracy | x/xxx | Noun |
| easter egg | /x/ | Name, Name |
| labyrinthine | xx/x | Adjective |
| conundrum | x/x | Noun |
| death trap | // | Phrase, Noun |
| unfinished business | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| inside track | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| blue balls | // | Phrase, Noun |
| paradoxes | /xxx | Noun |
| entanglement | x/xx | Noun |
| subterfuge | /xx | Noun |
| bluffing | /x | Verb |
| 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 |
| ammo | /x | Noun, Verb |
| around | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| arrow | /x | Noun, Verb |
| arse | / | Noun, Verb |
| aside | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| ass | / | Noun, Adjective |
| astern | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| atomic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| august | /x | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| back | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| background | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| backlog | /x | Noun, Verb |
| backside | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| backyard | /x | Noun |
| bag | / | Noun, Verb |
| bail | / | Noun, Verb |
| bal | / | Name |
| bale | / | Noun, Verb |
| balled | / | Adjective |
| balloon | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| ballplayer | /xx | Noun |
| ballroom | /x | Noun, Verb |
| barrel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bars | / | Noun |
| baseball | // | Noun |
| basket | /x | Noun, Verb |
| basketball | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| bat | / | Noun, Verb |
| beach ball | // | Phrase, Noun |
| bead | / | Noun, Verb |
| bearings | /x | Verb |
| before | x/ | Adverb |
| behold | x/ | Verb |
| bell | / | Noun, 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 |
| billiard ball | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| black | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| blackjack | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bola | /x | Noun |
| bolt | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| bolus | /x | Noun, Verb |
| booty | /x | Noun |
| bottom | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bounce | / | Verb, Noun |
| bowl | / | Noun, Verb |
| bowler | /x | Noun |
| box | / | Noun, Verb |
| boy | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| buck | / | Noun, Verb |
| bullet | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bum | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bunch | / | Noun, Verb |
| buns | / | Noun, Adjective |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| buttocks | /x | Verb |
| can | / | Verb, Noun |
| candy | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cannonball | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| cap | / | Noun, Verb |
| cardinal | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| castle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| catch | / | Verb, Noun |
| caused | / | Verb |
| chain | / | Noun, Verb |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| circle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| clew | / | Noun, Verb |
| clod | / | Noun, Verb |
| clot | / | Noun, Verb |
| clump | / | Noun, Verb |
| coaster | /x | Noun |
| cohesive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| collar | /x | Noun, Verb |
| constitutionalist | xx/xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| crazy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| cricket | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cricket ball | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| crotch | / | Noun, Verb |
| crystal | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| cube | / | Noun, Verb |
| dance | / | Noun, Verb |
| delay | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| digits | /x | Noun |
| disc | / | Noun, Verb |
| dividing | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| dominant | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| downstream | // | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| drawing | /x | Noun |
| drop | / | Noun, Verb |
| earlier | /xx | Adverb, Adjective |
| earth | / | Noun, Verb |
| egg | / | Noun, Verb |
| eighteen | x/ | Noun |
| eighter from decatur | /x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| eighth | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| eights | / | Noun |
| eighty | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| epididymis | xxx/x | Noun |
| expansion | x/x | Noun |
| exterior | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| fanny | /x | Name |
| far | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| favoured | /x | Adjective |
| fearless | /x | Adjective |
| feather | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fifteen | x/ | Noun |
| fifth | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| firearm | /xx | Noun |
| fireball | /xx | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| first | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| five | / | Noun |
| flask | / | Noun, Verb |
| follow | /x | Verb, Noun |
| foot | / | Noun, Verb |
| football | /x | Noun, Verb |
| footer | /x | Noun, Verb |
| for | / | Noun |
| formal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| four | / | Noun |
| fourteen | // | Noun |
| fraction | /x | Noun, Verb |
| from | / | Verb |
| front | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| fun | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| gala | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| gambling | /xx | Noun |
| game | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| girl | / | Noun, Verb |
| glass | / | Noun, Verb |
| glob | / | Noun, Verb |
| globe | / | Noun, Verb |
| globule | /x | Noun |
| goal | / | Noun, Verb |
| golf | / | Noun, Verb |
| golf ball | // | Phrase, Noun |
| gonad | /x | Noun |
| grapefruit | /x | Noun |
| gun | / | Noun, Verb |
| gunfire | /xx | Noun |
| gunshot | /x | Noun |
| handball | /x | Noun, Verb |
| harnessed | /x | Adjective |
| height | / | Noun |
| hemisphere | /xx | Noun |
| hind end | // | Phrase, Noun |
| hindquarters | /xx | Noun |
| hips | / | Adjective |
| hit | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| hitch | / | Noun, Verb |
| hockey | /x | Noun |
| hold | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| hole | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| holy | /x | Name, Adjective |
| homecoming | /xx | Noun |
