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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| impalpable | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| unidentifiable | xx/xxxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| subtle | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| evasive | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| artful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| illusive | x/x | Adjective |
| enigmatic | xx/x | Adjective |
| allusive | x/x | Adjective |
| elude | x/ | Verb |
| unattainable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| mysterious | x/xx | Adjective |
| unobtainable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| nebulous | /xx | Adjective |
| fabled | /x | Adjective |
| beguiling | x/x | Adjective |
| obscure | x/ | Adjective |
| frustratingly | /xxx | Adverb |
| rare | / | Adjective |
| allure | x/ | Noun |
| coveted | /xx | Adjective |
| mythical | /xx | Adjective |
| tricky | /x | Adjective |
| ineffable | x/xx | Adjective |
| enigma | x/x | Noun |
| indefinable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| ephemeral | x/xx | Adjective |
| tenacious | x/x | Adjective |
| tantalizingly | /xxxx | Adverb |
| tenuous | /xx | Adjective |
| irresistible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| maddeningly | /xxx | Adverb |
| inscrutable | x/xx | Adjective |
| vexing | /x | Adjective |
| intriguing | x/x | Adjective |
| wily | /x | Adjective |
| ambiguous | x/xx | Adjective |
| intangible | x/xx | Adjective |
| seductive | x/x | Adjective |
| ubiquitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| reclusive | x/x | Adjective |
| unreachable | x/xx | Adjective |
| definitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| evanescent | xx/x | Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective |
| true | / | Adjective |
| perplexing | x/x | Adjective |
| ultimate | /xx | Adjective |
| unknowable | x/xx | Adjective |
| nonexistent | xx/x | Adjective |
| mystical | /xx | Adjective |
| illusory | x/xx | Adjective |
| attainable | x/xx | Adjective |
| improbable | x/xx | Adjective |
| unknown | x/ | Adjective |
| impossible | x/xx | Adjective |
| quest | / | Noun |
| magical | /xx | Adjective |
| problematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| crucial | /x | Adjective |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective |
| scarce | / | Adjective |
| shadowy | /xx | Adjective |
| transcendent | x/x | Noun |
| unachievable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| rarity | /xx | Noun |
| mystifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| vague | / | Adjective |
| exotic | x/x | Adjective |
| inconspicuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| paradoxical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| impenetrable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| precise | x/ | Adjective |
| puzzling | /xx | Adjective |
| unseen | x/ | Adjective |
| invisible | x/xx | Adjective |
| quixotic | x/x | Adjective |
| desperate | /x | Adjective |
| quintessential | xx/x | Adjective |
| satisfying | /xxx | Adjective |
| esoteric | xx/x | Adjective |
| enviable | /xxx | Adjective |
| perfect | x/ | Adjective |
| tantalising | /xxx | Adjective |
| dubious | /xx | Adjective |
| promising | /xx | Adjective |
| dreamy | /x | Adjective |
| impossibly | x/xx | Adverb |
| baffling | /xx | Adjective |
| glamorous | /xx | Adjective |
| persistent | x/x | Adjective |
| lucrative | /xx | Adjective |
| chimerical | x/xx | Adjective |
| essential | x/x | Adjective |
| unanswerable | xxxxx | Adjective |
| fugitive | /xx | Noun |
| slippery | /xx | Adjective |
| oblivious | x/xx | Adjective |
| uncomprehending | x/x/x | Adjective |
| unfathomable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| indistinct | xx/ | Adjective |
| incomprehensible | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| forgetful | x/x | Adjective |
| abstruse | x/ | Adjective |
| blind | / | Noun |
| uncertain | x/x | Adjective |
| mislaid | x/ | Verb |
| transient | /x | Noun |
| abstract | x/ | Name |
| unmindful | x/x | Adjective |
| opaque | x/ | Adjective |
| skittish | /x | Adjective |
| bewildered | x/x | Verb |
| inescapable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| lost | / | Verb |
| rambling | /x | Noun |
| bottomless | /xx | Adjective |
| rogue | / | Noun |
| inextricable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| obtuse | x/ | Adjective |
| cagey | /x | Adjective |
| drifting | /x | Verb |
| inexact | xx/ | Adjective |
| loose | / | Adjective |
| nowhere to be found | /x/// | Phrase, Adjective |
| ineluctable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| blurred | / | Adjective |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| lost on | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| sloppy | /x | Adjective |
| perdu | x/ | Noun |
| wanting | /x | Verb |
| insidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| errant | /x | Noun |
| delusive | x/x | Adjective |
| muddied | /x | Verb |
| deceitful | x/x | Adjective |
| neutrino | x/x | Noun |
| quarry | /x | Noun |
| grail | / | Noun |
| mirage | x/ | Noun |
| phantom | /x | Noun |
| sprite | / | Noun |
| wisp | / | Noun |
| leopard | /x | Noun |
| butterfly | /xx | Noun |
| prey | / | Noun |
| goal | / | Noun |
| strait | / | Noun |
| fragrance | /x | Noun |
| foe | / | Noun |
| scent | / | Noun |
| guerrillas | x/x | Noun |
| concept | /x | Noun |
| rainbow | /x | Noun |
| muse | / | Noun |
| enemy | /xx | Noun |
| apparently | x/xx | Adverb |
| bashful | /x | Adjective |
| blurry | /x | Adjective |
| confusing | x/x | Adjective |
| coy | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| cryptic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| discreet | x/ | Adjective |
| discrete | x/ | Adjective |
| disembodied | xx/x | Adjective |
| distant | /x | Adjective |
| dodgy | /x | Adjective |
| exempt | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| existent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| faraway | /x/ | Noun, Adjective |
| fleeting | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| fragile | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| futile | /x | Adjective |
| fuzzy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| immaterial | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| impractical | x/xx | Adjective |
| imprecise | /xx | Adjective |
| inaccessible | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| inaccurate | x/xx | Adjective |
| incorporeal | x/xx | Adjective |
| indomitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| intuited | x/xx | Verb |
| knowable | /xx | Adjective |
| mystery | /xx | Noun |
| numinous | /xx | Adjective |
| objectified | x/xx | Adjective |
| protean | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| remote | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| runaway | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| shy | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| slim | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| sly | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb |
| sneak | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| specter | /x | Noun |
| stealth | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| timid | /x | Adjective |
| tough | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| unavailable | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| unclear | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| unfeasible | x/xx | Adjective |
| unfulfilled | xx/ | Adjective |
| unmet | x/ | Adjective |
| unrealistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| unrealized | x/xx | Adjective |
| unsettling | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| unspecific | xx/x | Adjective |
| untouchable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| unworkable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| utopian | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| wave | / | Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
