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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 |
