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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| contend | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| competition | xx/x | Verb, Noun |
| disputed | x/x | Adjective |
| uncontested | xx/x | Adjective |
| contentious | x/x | Adjective |
| litigated | /xxx | Adjective |
| defended | x/x | Verb |
| adjudicated | x/xxx | Verb |
| debated | x/x | Verb |
| controverted | xxxx | Adjective |
| hotly | /x | Adverb |
| held | / | Verb |
| asserted | x/x | Verb |
| demarcated | xx/x | Verb |
| challenged | /x | Verb |
| argued | /x | Verb |
| contestation | /x/x | Noun |
| fought | / | Verb |
| dominated | /xxx | Verb |
| denied | x/ | Verb |
| competed | x/x | Verb |
| canvassed | /x | Verb |
| clashed | / | Verb |
| questioned | /x | Verb |
| claimed | / | Verb |
| politicised | x/xx | Adjective |
| arbitrated | /xxx | Verb |
| settled | /x | Verb |
| conceded | x/x | Verb |
| relinquished | x/x | Verb |
| debatable | x/xx | Adjective |
| politicized | x/xx | Adjective |
| clinched | / | Verb |
| vacated | x/x | Verb |
| tussle | /x | Noun |
| considered | x/x | Verb |
| adjudged | x/ | Verb |
| represented | xx/x | Verb |
| ruled | / | Verb |
| problematized | /xxx | Verb |
| contention | x/x | Noun |
| reasserted | xx/x | Verb |
| adjudication | xxx/x | Noun |
| disqualified | x/xx | Verb |
| fraught | / | Noun |
| scrutinised | /xx | Verb |
| invalidated | x/xxx | Verb |
| upheld | x/ | Verb |
| traversed | /x | Verb |
| battles | /x | Noun |
| attacked | x/ | Verb |
| boycotted | /xx | Verb |
| controversially | xx/xx | Adverb |
| staked | / | Verb |
| characterised | xxxx | Verb |
| pitted | /x | Verb |
| rebutted | x/x | Verb |
| dismissed | x/ | Verb |
| refuted | x/x | Verb |
| occupied | /xx | Verb |
| scrutinized | /xx | Verb |
| ceded | /x | Verb |
| assailed | x/ | Verb |
| characterized | /xxx | Verb |
| repudiated | x/xxx | Verb |
| awarded | x/x | Verb |
| dueling | /x | Noun |
| decisive | x/x | Adjective |
| disallowed | xx/ | Verb |
| confronted | x/x | Verb |
| divided | x/x | Verb |
| coveted | /xx | Adjective |
| embroiled | x/ | Verb |
| heatedly | /xx | Adverb |
| encompassed | x/x | Verb |
| negotiated | x/xxx | Verb |
| winning | /x | Adjective |
| rejected | x/x | Verb |
| campaigned | x/ | Verb |
| sanctioned | /x | Verb |
| reclaimed | x/ | Adjective |
| deadlocked | /x | Adjective |
| triumphed | /x | Verb |
| publicised | /xx | Adjective |
| historically | x/xxx | Adverb |
| usurped | x/ | Verb |
| circumscribed | xx/ | Adjective |
| wrested | /x | Verb |
| tackled | /x | Verb |
| combative | x/x | Adjective |
| barred | / | Verb |
| disagreed | xx/ | Verb |
| fiercely | /x | Adverb |
| acknowledged | x/x | Verb |
| conflicted | x/x | Adjective |
| substantiated | x/xxx | Verb |
| battleground | /xx | Noun |
| redrawn | x/ | Verb |
| waged | / | Verb |
| unsettled | x/x | Adjective |
| raced | / | Verb |
| consolidated | x/xxx | Name |
| defeated | x/x | Verb |
| championship | /xxx | Noun |
| vexed | / | Adjective |
| questionable | /xxx | Adjective |
| combatant | x/x | Noun |
| argumentative | xx/xx | Adjective |
| problematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| arguable | /xxx | Adjective |
| discussed | x/ | Verb |
| in question | x/x | Phrase, Adjective |
| advocated | /xxx | Verb |
| tentative | /xx | Adjective |
| contradicted | xx/x | Adjective |
| involved | x/ | Verb |
| mooted | /x | Verb |
| incontrovertible | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| doubted | /x | Verb |
| embattled | x/x | Adjective |
| deliberative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| decided | x/x | Verb |
| alleged | x/ | Adjective |
| in demand | xx/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| belligerent | x/xx | Noun |
| undoubted | x/x | Adjective |
| constructed | x/x | Verb |
| terrains | x/ | Noun |
| shifting | /x | Verb |
| charged | / | Verb |
| divorces | x/x | Noun |
| shared | / | Verb |
| primaries | /xx | Noun |
| changing | /x | Verb |
| borderland | /xx | Noun |
| nominations | xx/x | Noun |
| seats | / | Noun |
| election | x/x | Noun |
| takeovers | /xx | Noun |
| closets | /x | Noun |
| ballots | /x | Noun |
| successions | x/x | Noun |
| adoptions | x/x | Noun |
| delegations | xx/x | Noun |
| pasts | / | Noun |
| addressed | x/ | Adjective |
| adduced | x/ | Verb |
| ambushed | /x | Adjective |
| answered | /x | Adjective |
| appealed | x/ | Verb |
| assaulted | x/x | Verb |
| combated | x/x | Verb |
| controversy | /xxx | Noun |
| criticised | /xx | Verb |
| criticized | /xx | Verb |
| dealt | / | Verb |
| debunked | x/ | Verb |
| decayed | x/ | Adjective |
| defensible | x/xx | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| fractured | /x | Adjective |
| grappled | /x | Verb |
| hit | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| hurt | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| impugned | x/ | Verb |
| jacked | / | Adjective |
| jumped | / | Verb |
| litigious | x/x | Adjective |
| lodged | / | Adjective |
| mauled | / | Verb |
| mugged | / | Verb |
| objected | x/x | Verb |
| opposed | x/ | Adjective |
| pivotal | /xx | Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| protest | /x | Noun, Verb |
| queried | /x | Verb |
| raided | /x | Verb |
| refused | x/ | Verb |
| replied | x/ | Verb |
| responded | x/x | Verb |
| robbed | / | Verb |
| stabbed | / | Verb |
| stormed | / | Verb |
| subject | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| sued | / | Verb |
| tricky | /x | Adjective |
| unchallenged | x/x | Adjective |
| uncontroversial | xxx/x | Adjective |
| undisputed | xx/x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
