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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| ferret | /x | Noun, Noun | 
| root out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| dig out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| smell out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| seek out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| find | / | Verb | 
| puzzle out | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| look out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| search | / | Noun | 
| dig up | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| discover | x/x | Verb | 
| run down | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| nose out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| explore | x/ | Verb | 
| detect | x/ | Verb | 
| suss out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| look | / | Noun | 
| scope out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| hunt down | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| fish | / | Noun | 
| stumble across | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| iron out | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| hunt | / | Noun | 
| delve | / | Verb | 
| hunt up | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| rummage | /x | Noun | 
| uncover | x/x | Verb | 
| dredge up | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| seek | / | Verb | 
| utter | /x | Adjective | 
| draw out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| quarry | /x | Noun | 
| rout | / | Noun | 
| reveal | x/ | Verb | 
| forage | /x | Noun | 
| excavate | /xx | Verb | 
| discern | x/ | Verb | 
| filter | /x | Noun | 
| rake | / | Noun | 
| unearth | x/ | Verb | 
| trawl | / | Noun | 
| fetch up | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| sort out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| quest | / | Noun | 
| fumble | /x | Noun | 
| scour | /x | Noun | 
| catch | / | Noun | 
| turn out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| ripe | / | Adjective | 
| look through | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| sift | / | Verb | 
| track | / | Noun | 
| see out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| sniff | / | Noun | 
| probe | / | Noun | 
| let out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| burrow | /x | Noun | 
| extricate | /xx | Verb | 
| scout | / | Noun | 
| decipher | x/x | Verb | 
| come out with | /// | Phrase, Verb | 
| leak out | /x | Phrase, Verb | 
| come upon | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| tumble to | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| disclose | x/ | Verb | 
| flush out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| scavenge | /x | Noun | 
| smoke | / | Noun | 
| unlock | x/ | Verb | 
| fetch | / | Verb | 
| extract | /x | Verb | 
| drag | / | Noun | 
| fret | / | Noun | 
| get out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| take out | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| rule out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| entrap | x/ | Verb | 
| prospect | /x | Noun | 
| winkle out | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| peer | / | Noun | 
| fess up | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| ship out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| lease | / | Noun | 
| eliminate | x/xx | Verb | 
| filtrate | /x | Noun | 
| make out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| cut out | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective | 
| pick out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| rifle | /x | Noun | 
| worm | / | Noun | 
| inquire | x/ | Verb | 
| break out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| cast about | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| take | / | Verb | 
| bare | / | Adjective | 
| unveil | x/ | Verb | 
| foray | /x | Noun | 
| unfold | x/ | Verb | 
| stamp out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| deduce | x/ | Verb | 
| trace | / | Noun | 
| get lost | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| scope | / | Noun | 
| root | / | Noun | 
| rumble | /x | Noun | 
| betray | x/ | Verb | 
| espy | /x | Name | 
| drill | / | Noun | 
| sweep | / | Noun | 
| dispose of | x// | Phrase, Verb | 
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| above | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| abroad | x/ | Adverb, Noun, Adjective | 
| absent | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| account | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| achievement | x/x | Noun | 
| activities | x/xx | Noun | 
| addition | x/x | Noun | 
| afield | x/ | Adverb | 
| afraid | x/ | Adjective | 
| after | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| alibi | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| among | x/ | |
| an | / | Noun | 
| animal | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb | 
| apart | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| aside | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb | 
| back | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| bags | / | Noun, Verb | 
| based | / | Verb, Adjective | 
| because | x/ | Adverb | 
| beginning | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| besides | x/ | Adverb | 
| beyond | x/ | Adverb, Noun | 
| bilious | /xx | Adjective | 
| blackout | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| break | / | Verb, Noun | 
| breath | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| burn | / | Verb, Noun | 
| canary | x/x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| cat | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| cattle | /x | Noun | 
| cause | / | Noun, Verb | 
| ciao | / | Name | 
| clean | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb | 
| clear | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| clearly | /x | Adverb | 
| come out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| completed | x/x | Adjective | 
| conduct | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| coyote | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| dating | /x | Noun | 
| dead | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| define | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| delete | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| departure | x/x | Noun | 
| detached | x/ | Adjective | 
| determine | x/x | Verb | 
| dirtier | /xx | Adjective, Adverb | 
| disappear | xx/ | Verb | 
| disorderly | x/xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| dog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| done | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| doors | / | Noun | 
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| draw | / | Verb, Noun | 
| egress | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| elsewhere | /x | Adverb, Noun | 
| emitting | x/x | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| ended | /x | Adjective | 
| enigmatic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| equine | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| eradicate | x/xx | Verb | 
| escape | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| every | /xx | Noun | 
| everything | /xx | Noun | 
| except | x/ | Verb | 
| exclude | x/ | Verb | 
| excuse | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| executive | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| exercise | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| exit | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| exterior | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| external | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| extinct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| extinguished | x/x | Adjective | 
| fact | / | Noun | 
| fancy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| far | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| feline | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| figure | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| fill | / | Verb, Noun | 
| fine | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| finger | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| finish | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| finite | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| fired | /x | Adjective | 
| flipper | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| footed | /x | Adjective | 
| fora | /x | Adjective | 
| forbidden | /xx | Adjective | 
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| forth | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective | 
| forward | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| free | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| gap | / | Noun, Verb | 
| glass | / | Noun, Verb | 
| goats | / | Verb | 
| gone | / | Adjective | 
| gradually | /xxx | Adverb | 
| graduated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| graduation | xx/x | Noun | 
| grub | / | Noun, Verb | 
| gynaecological | /xx/xx | Adjective | 
| gynecologic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| halfway | // | Adverb, Noun | 
| hand | / | Noun, Verb | 
| hare | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| hatching | /x | Noun | 
| here | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective | 
| hog | / | Noun, Verb | 
| impermissible | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| implement | /xx | Verb, Noun | 
| impossible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| in | x | Verb, Adverb, Noun, Adjective | 
| indicate | /xx | Verb | 
| into | x/ | Noun | 
| itchy | /x | Adjective | 
| jump | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| kind | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| knocked out | // | Phrase, Adjective | 
| know | / | Verb, Noun | 
| learn | / | Verb, Noun | 
| leavers | /x | Noun | 
| left | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| livestock | /x | Noun | 
| longer | /x | Noun | 
| loose | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| lost | / | Adjective | 
| lot | / | Noun, Verb | 
| margin | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| me | / | Noun | 
| monkey | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| most | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| nicer | /x | Noun | 
| observe | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| of | / | Verb, Noun | 
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| offline | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| okay | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| on | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| one | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| origin | /xx | Noun | 
| otis | /x | Name | 
| out of fashion | ///x | Phrase, Adjective | 
| outbound | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| outdoor | /x | Adjective, Verb | 
| outer | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| outflow | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| outgoing | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| outlet | /x | Noun | 
| outlined | /x | Adjective | 
| output | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| outside | // | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| outta | /x | |
| outward | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
