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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| confusion | x/x | Noun, Noun |
| contradictory | xx/xx | Noun, Adjective, Noun |
| baffling | /xx | Adjective |
| perplexing | x/x | Adjective |
| maddening | /xx | Adjective |
| vexing | /x | Adjective |
| bewildering | x/xx | Adjective |
| mystifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| complicating | /xxx | Noun |
| puzzling | /xx | Adjective |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective |
| confusing | x/x | Adjective |
| exasperating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| unnerving | x/x | Adjective |
| infuriating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| unsettling | x/xx | Adjective |
| aggravating | /xxx | Adjective |
| inscrutable | x/xx | Adjective |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| perturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| paradoxical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| disconcerting | xx/x | Adjective |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| idiosyncratic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| beguiling | x/x | Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective |
| surprising | x/x | Adjective |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| irritating | /xxx | Adjective |
| obscure | x/ | Adjective |
| disorienting | x/xxx | Adjective |
| alarming | x/x | Adjective |
| inconsistency | xx/xx | Noun |
| worrisome | /xx | Adjective |
| enigmatic | xx/x | Adjective |
| conflicting | x/x | Adjective |
| ambiguous | x/xx | Adjective |
| dispiriting | x/xx | Adjective |
| incongruity | xx/xx | Noun |
| inconsistent | xx/x | Adjective |
| unknowable | x/xx | Adjective |
| discouraging | x/xx | Adjective |
| inexplicable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| problematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| intriguing | x/x | Adjective |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective |
| peculiar | x/x | Adjective |
| pernicious | x/x | Adjective |
| ambiguity | xx/xx | Noun |
| startling | /x | Adjective |
| unfathomable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| unpredictable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| inconvenient | xx/x | Adjective |
| unpredictability | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| confounders | x/x | Noun |
| tricky | /x | Adjective |
| strange | / | Adjective |
| upsetting | x/x | Verb |
| conundrum | x/x | Noun |
| oddity | /xx | Noun |
| incomprehensible | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| disparate | /xx | Adjective |
| jarring | /x | Noun |
| unsurprising | xx/x | Adjective |
| complexities | x/xx | Noun |
| paradox | /xx | Noun |
| diabolical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| blinding | /x | Adjective |
| unexpected | xx/x | Adjective |
| contradiction | xx/x | Noun |
| tantalizing | /xxx | Adjective |
| daunting | /x | Adjective |
| contradicting | xx/x | Verb |
| shocking | /x | Adjective |
| embarrassing | x/xx | Adjective |
| inescapable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| mysterious | x/xx | Adjective |
| obtuse | x/ | Adjective |
| perverse | x/ | Adjective |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| overwhelming | xx/x | Adjective |
| alienating | /xxxx | Verb |
| heterogeneity | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| bothersome | /xx | Adjective |
| complication | xx/x | Noun |
| absurd | x/ | Adjective |
| insidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| improbable | x/xx | Adjective |
| discordant | x/x | Adjective |
| astonishing | x/xx | Adjective |
| unorthodox | x/xx | Adjective |
| multiplicity | xx/xx | Noun |
| disentangling | xx/x | Verb |
| alluring | x/x | Adjective |
| befuddled | x/x | Adjective |
| distracting | x/x | Adjective |
| vagaries | /xx | Noun |
| capricious | x/x | Adjective |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| amusing | x/x | Adjective |
| apparent | x/x | Adjective |
| disappointing | xx/x | Adjective |
| imprecision | xx/x | Noun |
| uncertain | x/x | Adjective |
| counterintuitive | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| discrepant | x/x | Adjective |
| convoluted | /xxx | Adjective |
| erroneous | x/xx | Adjective |
| inconceivable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| annoying | x/x | Adjective |
| inextricable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| intermingling | xx/xx | Noun |
| scrambling | /xx | Verb |
| interference | xx/x | Noun |
| combining | x/x | Verb |
| cluttering | /xx | Noun |
| mixing | /x | Verb |
| mixture | /x | Noun |
| blending | /x | Noun |
| lumping | /x | Verb |
| counterbalancing | /xxxx | Noun |
| constraining | x/x | Noun |
| disturbance | x/x | Noun |
| interchanging | xx/x | Verb |
| contamination | xxx/x | Noun |
| suppressing | x/x | Verb |
| overtaking | /xxx | Verb |
| jamming | /x | Noun |
| ruining | /xx | Verb |
| combing | /x | Noun |
| mystification | /xx/x | Noun |
| objection | x/x | Noun |
| factor | /x | Noun |
| variables | /xxx | Noun |
| aspects | /x | Noun |
| bottomless | /xx | Noun |
| residual | x/xx | Verb |
| jangle | /x | Noun |
| abstruse | x/ | Noun |
| unmeasured | x/x | Adjective |
| potentially | x/xx | Adverb |
| orthogonality | x/x/xx | Noun |
| uncontrolled | xx/ | Adjective |
| attitudinal | xx/xx | Adjective |
| bewilderment | x/xx | Noun |
| blurring | /x | Noun |
| complex | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| consequence | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| crucial | /x | Adjective |
| disarray | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| distortions | x/x | Noun |
| downside | /x | Noun |
| embarrassment | x/xx | Noun |
| error | /x | Noun, Verb |
| important | x/x | Adjective |
| inaccuracies | x/xxx | Noun, Verb |
| inconsequential | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| key | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| misapprehension | xxx/x | Noun |
| misinterpretation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| misleading | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| misreading | x/x | Noun |
| misrepresentation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| misunderstanding | xxx/x | Noun |
| muddle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| postponement | x/x | Noun |
| shortcoming | /xx | Noun |
| simplification | xxx/x | Noun |
| tangle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| unfairness | x/x | Noun |
| unimportant | xx/x | Adjective |
| weakening | /xx | Noun |
| worrying | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
