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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| lure | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| bait | /  | Verb, Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| dummy | /x  | Noun  | 
| ruse | /  | Noun  | 
| duck | /  | Noun  | 
| trap | /  | Noun  | 
| ploy | /  | Noun  | 
| ambush | /x  | Noun  | 
| fake | /  | Noun  | 
| shotgun | /x  | Noun  | 
| camouflage | /xx  | Noun  | 
| diversionary | x/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| surrogate | /xx  | Noun  | 
| tactic | /x  | Noun  | 
| snare | /  | Noun  | 
| predator | /xx  | Noun  | 
| disguised | x/  | Adjective  | 
| snipe | /  | Noun  | 
| target | /x  | Noun  | 
| phantom | /x  | Noun  | 
| stratagem | /xx  | Noun  | 
| torpedo | x/x  | Noun  | 
| subterfuge | /xx  | Noun  | 
| misdirection | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| masquerade | xx/  | Noun  | 
| bomb | /  | Noun  | 
| mallard | /x  | Noun  | 
| poacher | /x  | Noun  | 
| prey | /  | Noun  | 
| gimmick | /x  | Noun  | 
| foil | /  | Noun  | 
| entrap | x/  | Verb  | 
| waterfowl | /xx  | Noun  | 
| unwitting | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| patsy | /x  | Name  | 
| phoney | /x  | Noun  | 
| stealth | /  | Noun  | 
| weapon | /x  | Noun  | 
| phony | /x  | Noun  | 
| dupe | /  | Noun  | 
| pigeon | /x  | Noun  | 
| covert | /x  | Adjective  | 
| hunt | /  | Noun  | 
| hunter | /x  | Noun  | 
| undercover | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| pheasant | /x  | Noun  | 
| trick | /  | Noun  | 
| camo | /x  | Noun  | 
| prop | /  | Noun  | 
| gambit | /x  | Noun  | 
| puppet | /x  | Noun  | 
| bird | /  | Noun  | 
| bodyguard | /xx  | Noun  | 
| bogus | /x  | Adjective  | 
| bluff | /  | Noun  | 
| recon | /x  | Noun  | 
| spook | /  | Noun  | 
| prank | /  | Noun  | 
| stunt | /  | Noun  | 
| missile | /x  | Noun  | 
| deceiver | x/x  | Noun  | 
| coax | /  | Noun  | 
| cuckoo | /x  | Noun  | 
| coward | /x  | Noun  | 
| button | /x  | Noun  | 
| menace | /x  | Noun  | 
| seducer | x/x  | Noun  | 
| device | x/  | Noun  | 
| rogue | /  | Noun  | 
| tempter | /x  | Noun  | 
| lookout | /x  | Noun  | 
| escort | x/  | Noun  | 
| foolhardy | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| gullible | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| sneak | /  | Noun  | 
| trickster | /x  | Noun  | 
| pawn | /  | Noun  | 
| snake | /  | Noun  | 
| gull | /  | Noun  | 
| tease | /  | Noun  | 
| willy | /x  | Name  | 
| crook | /  | Noun  | 
| coyote | x/x  | Noun  | 
| knave | /  | Noun  | 
| captor | /x  | Noun  | 
| charlatan | /xx  | Noun  | 
| espy | /x  | Name  | 
| villain | /x  | Noun  | 
| burglar alarm | /xx/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| confidence trickster | /xx/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| viper | /x  | Noun  | 
| cowan | /x  | Name  | 
| dropper | /x  | Noun  | 
| teaser | /x  | Noun  | 
| devil | /x  | Noun  | 
| transfection | x/x  | Noun  | 
| grafts | /  | Noun  | 
| satan | /x  | Name  | 
| carving | /x  | Verb  | 
| distract | x/  | Verb  | 
| live | /  | Adjective  | 
| wooden | /x  | Adjective  | 
| sort | /  | Noun  | 
| site | /  | Noun  | 
| act | /  | Verb  | 
| race | /  | Noun  | 
| divert | x/  | Verb  | 
| spreads | /  | Verb  | 
| game | /  | Noun  | 
| perfect | x/  | Adjective  | 
| mere | /  | Adjective  | 
| female | /x  | Adjective  | 
| role | /  | Noun  | 
| kind | /  | Noun  | 
| male | /  | Adjective  | 
| woman | /x  | Noun  | 
| serves | /  | Verb  | 
| draw | /  | Verb  | 
| art | /  | Noun  | 
| painted | /x  | Verb  | 
| attract | x/  | Verb  | 
| use | /  | Noun  | 
| secure | x/  | Verb  | 
| aircraft | /x  | Noun  | 
| alcatraz | xx/  | Name  | 
| antitank | xx/  | Adjective  | 
| attempted | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| bound | /  | Verb, Adjective, Noun  | 
| captured | /x  | Adjective  | 
| carrying | /xx  | Noun  | 
| chum | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| climber | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| contrivance | x/x  | Noun  | 
| customs | /x  | Noun  | 
| dead | /  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb  | 
| dealing | /x  | Noun  | 
| deception | x/x  | Noun  | 
| delusion | x/x  | Noun  | 
| distraction | x/x  | Noun  | 
| diversion | x/x  | Noun  | 
| doll | /  | Noun  | 
| domesticated | x/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| double | /x  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb  | 
| dressmaker | /xx  | Noun  | 
| exchange | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| expedient | x/xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| false | /  | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun  | 
| fighting | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| fly | /  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| ghost | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| guard | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| harassing | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| herring | /x  | Noun  | 
| hook | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| hostage | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| illusion | x/x  | Noun  | 
| instrument | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| lie | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| liner | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| lining | /x  | Noun  | 
| manned | /  | Adjective  | 
| milliner | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| miniature | /xxx  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| ringer | /x  | Noun  | 
| rocket | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| sham | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| spinner | /x  | Noun  | 
| stool pigeon | //x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| tame | /  | Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| thermal | /x  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| toy | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| understudy | /xxx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| unmanned | x/  | Adjective  | 
| wild | /  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb  | 
| get | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| die | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| off | /  | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| save | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| fall | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| breakeven | /xx  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| milestone | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| tell | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
