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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| spoiler alert | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| red flag | // | Phrase, Noun |
| finger | /x | Noun |
| warning sign | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| cinch | / | Noun |
| shot in the dark | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| smoking gun | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| tell | / | Verb |
| red herring | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| tip of the iceberg | //x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| writing on the wall | /x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| fig leaf | // | Name, Name |
| gotcha | /x | Noun |
| easy pickings | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| clue | / | Noun |
| confidence trick | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| door | / | Noun |
| kiss of death | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| sitting duck | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| trick | / | Noun |
| joke | / | Noun |
| lucky dip | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| booby trap | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| play on words | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| cough | / | Noun |
| poker face | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| tale | / | Noun |
| loophole | /x | Noun |
| practical joke | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| drop | / | Noun |
| sticky fingers | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| catch | / | Noun |
| vote of confidence | ///xx | Phrase, Noun |
| green light | // | Phrase, Noun |
| guilt trip | // | Phrase, Noun |
| crack | / | Noun |
| golden opportunity | /xxx/xx | Name, Name |
| bait | / | Noun |
| game face | // | Phrase, Noun |
| helping hand | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| badge of honor | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| take | / | Verb |
| trick of the trade | //x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| free ride | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| deal | / | Noun |
| time bomb | // | Phrase, Noun |
| slant | / | Noun |
| done deal | // | Phrase, Noun |
| elephant in the room | /xxxx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| hide | / | Noun |
| lick | / | Noun |
| swindle | /x | Noun |
| parting shot | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| bait and switch | /// | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| dead set | // | Phrase, Noun, Adjective |
| pass | / | Noun |
| claim to fame | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| proverbial | x/xx | Adjective |
| hitch | / | Noun |
| hack | / | Noun |
| lick and a promise | //x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| stroke of luck | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| blow | / | Noun |
| free pass | // | Phrase, Noun |
| inside job | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| blind date | // | Phrase, Noun |
| knock | / | Noun |
| trick question | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| stab in the back | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| blot on the escutcheon | //xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| beckon | /x | Verb |
| blame game | // | Phrase, Noun |
| sell | / | Verb |
| gage | / | Noun |
| last straw | // | Phrase, Noun |
| pull | / | Noun |
| bright spot | // | Phrase, Noun |
| big deal | // | Name, Name |
| siren song | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| foil | / | Noun |
| slam dunk | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| unlock | x/ | Verb |
| ins and outs | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| drop in the bucket | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| abruptly | x/x | Adverb |
| absolute | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| absolutely | xx/x | Adverb |
| acquittal | x/x | Noun |
| afterlife | /xx | Noun |
| alive | x/ | Adjective |
| all in | /x | Phrase, Adjective, Noun |
| alley | /x | Noun |
| animal | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| animate | /xx | Verb, Adjective |
| annihilation | xxx/x | Noun |
| asleep | x/ | Adjective |
| assassinated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| at peace | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| at rest | // | Phrase |
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| barren | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| beat | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| bereaved | x/ | Adjective |
| bloodless | /x | Adjective |
| body | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bonanza | x/x | Noun |
| boring | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| breach | / | Noun, Verb |
| breathless | /x | Adjective |
| brides | / | Noun |
| broken | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| brothers | /x | Noun |
| bummer | /x | Noun |
| bury | /x | Verb, Noun |
| busted | /x | Adjective |
| cadaver | x/x | Noun |
| calcined | /x | Adjective |
| capital | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| captain | /x | Noun, Verb |
| captives | /x | Verb |
| carcase | /x | Noun |
| carcass | /x | Noun |
| casualty | /xxx | Noun |
| celebrated | /xxx | Adjective |
| cemetery | /xxx | Noun |
| claimed | / | Noun |
| cold | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| compatriots | x/xx | Noun |
| complete | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| comrades | /x | Noun |
| consignment | x/x | Noun |
| cooked | / | Adjective |
| corpse | / | Noun, Verb |
| coupe | / | Noun |
| cremation | x/x | Noun |
| crippled | /x | Adjective |
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| damn | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun |
| deadened | /x | Adjective |
| deadly | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| death | / | Noun |
| deathly | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| decaying | x/x | Noun |
| deceased | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| decedent | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| defunct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| demented | x/x | Adjective |
| demise | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| departed | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| diseased | x/ | Adjective |
| distraught | x/ | Adjective |
| dixie | /x | Name |
| doctors | /x | Name |
| doomed | / | Adjective |
| dormant | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| downloaded | /xx | Verb |
| drained | / | Adjective |
| draw | / | Verb, Noun |
| drown | / | Verb, Noun |
| duck | / | Noun, Verb |
| elder | /x | Noun, Verb |
| empty | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| end | / | Noun, Verb |
| entree | /x | Noun |
| evidence | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| executed | /xxx | Adjective |
| execution | xx/x | Noun |
| expendable | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| extinct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| extinguished | x/x | Adjective |
| eyed | / | Adjective |
| fallen | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| fatal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| fatality | x/xx | Noun |
| fatally | /xx | Adverb |
| feeding | /x | Noun |
| finished | /x | Adjective |
| flakes | / | Noun |
| flat | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| floor | / | Noun, Verb |
| frightened | /x | Adjective |
| funeral | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| gallows | /x | Noun |
| game | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| game show | // | Phrase, Noun |
| gift | / | Noun, Verb |
| gob | / | Noun, Verb |
| gone | / | Adjective |
| goner | /x | Noun |
| goon | / | Noun, Verb |
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| heaven | /x | Noun, Verb |
| highlight | /x | Verb, Noun |
| hit | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| hoax | / | Noun, Verb |
| human | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| idle | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| inactive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| inanimate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| inelastic | xx/x | Adjective |
| inert | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| inoperative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| insensitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| kill | / | Verb, Noun |
| lambda | /x | Noun |
| late | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| lethal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| lie | / | Verb, Noun |
| life | / | Noun, Verb |
| lifeless | /x | Adjective |
| litter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| live | / | Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| looking | /x | Verb, Noun |
| loser | /x | Noun |
| loss | / | Noun, Verb |
| lost | / | Adjective |
| lottery | /xx | Noun |
| luckless | /x | Adjective |
| maimed | / | Adjective, Noun |
| malfunctioning | x/xx | Noun |
| man | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| martyr | /x | Noun, Verb |
| matt | / | Name, Adjective |
| menzies | /x | Name |
| meta | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| mitt | / | Noun |
| morbid | /x | Adjective |
| morgue | / | Noun |
| mort | / | Noun |
| mortal | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| mortality | x/xx | Noun |
| mortally | /xx | Adverb |
| mortuary | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| murdered | /x | Adjective |
| nonconscious | x/x | Adjective |
| noncurrent | x/x | Adjective |
| nonfunctional | x/xx | Adjective |
| nonliving | x/x | Adjective |
| numb | / | Adjective, Verb |
| out | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| out of play | /// | Phrase |
| panacea | xx/x | Noun |
| parched | / | Adjective |
