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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| bigger fish to fry | /x/// | Phrase, Noun |
| kettle of fish | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| flying fish | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| fish out of water | ////x | Phrase, Noun |
| toss | / | Noun |
| pigeon | /x | Noun |
| catch | / | Noun |
| catch of the day | //x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| bone to pick | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| drop in the bucket | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| hair trigger | //x | Phrase, Noun, Adjective |
| sitting duck | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| hot water | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| fly in the ointment | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| snag | / | Noun |
| fade | / | Noun |
| tip of the iceberg | //x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| elephant in the room | /xxxx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| pickle | /x | Noun |
| big deal | // | Name, Name |
| bee in one's bonnet | /x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| fork | / | Noun |
| game face | // | Phrase, Noun |
| spit in the ocean | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| hell to pay | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| finger | /x | Noun |
| cross to bear | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| hitch | / | Noun |
| grease | / | Noun |
| nothing for it | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| sticky fingers | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| hook | / | Noun |
| toast | / | Noun |
| run for one's money | ////x | Phrase, Noun |
| chip on one's shoulder | ////x | Phrase, Noun |
| duck soup | // | Phrase, Noun |
| fig leaf | // | Name, Name |
| hang | / | Verb |
| lick | / | Noun |
| race against time | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| deal | / | Noun |
| ins and outs | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| egg on one's face | //// | Phrase, Noun |
| fist | / | Noun |
| big talk | // | Name, Name |
| easy pickings | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| lick and a promise | //x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| pressure cooker | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| blot on the escutcheon | //xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| piece of cake | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| joke | / | Noun |
| fuse | / | Noun |
| fighting chance | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| everything but the kitchen sink | /xx/x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| dose | / | Noun |
| check | / | Noun |
| steer | / | Verb |
| drop | / | Noun |
| dodge | / | Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| golden opportunity | /xxx/xx | Name, Name |
| hack | / | Noun |
| picnic | /x | Noun |
| slam dunk | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| wash up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| alliance | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| amphibians | x/xx | Noun |
| anchovy | x/x | Noun |
| angle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| anglers | /x | Noun |
| animal | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| aquaculture | /xxx | Noun |
| aquatic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| bacon | /x | Noun |
| bairn | / | Noun, Verb |
| bake | / | Noun, Verb |
| bass | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| batter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bears | / | Noun |
| bees | / | Noun |
| bird | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| blackbirds | /x | Adjective |
| blink | / | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| blue | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| boil | / | Noun, Verb |
| bowl | / | Noun, Verb |
| broil | / | Noun, Verb |
| broiler | /x | Noun |
| broods | / | Noun |
| burn | / | Verb, Noun |
| bust | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| calves | / | Noun |
| capture | /x | Verb, Noun |
| carp | / | Noun, Verb |
| cat | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| catfish | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chairwoman | /xx | Noun |
| changeling | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| char | / | Noun, Verb |
| chick | / | Noun, Verb |
| chicken | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| child | / | Noun, Verb |
| chopped | / | Adjective |
| chump | / | Noun, Verb |
| clams | / | Noun |
| cod | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| codfish | /x | Noun |
| cook | / | Noun, Verb |
| crab | / | Noun, Verb |
| crayfish | /x | Noun, Verb |
| crispy | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| crocodile | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| curried | /x | Adjective |
| dace | / | Noun |
| deer | / | Noun |
| demon | /x | Noun |
| diced | / | Adjective |
| dogfish | /x | Noun |
| ducklings | /x | Noun |
| ducks | / | Noun |
| eel | / | Noun, Verb |
| egg | / | Noun, Verb |
| face | / | Noun, Verb |
| fall guy | // | Phrase, Noun |
| fang | / | Name, Verb |
| fat | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| federal | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| fin | / | Noun, Verb |
| fished | / | Adjective |
| fisherman | /xx | Noun |
| fishers | /x | Noun |
| fishery | /xx | Noun |
| fishy | /x | Adjective |
| fleas | / | Adjective |
| food | / | Noun |
| fool | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| foster child | /x/ | Name, Name |
| fowl | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| fray | / | Noun, Verb |
| frei | / | Name |
| freshwater | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| frey | / | Name |
| fried | / | Adjective, Name |
| frye | / | Name |
| funeral | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| game | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| game fish | // | Phrase, Noun |
| goat | / | Noun, Verb |
| gold | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| goldfish | /x | Noun |
| griddle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| grill | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| groundfish | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gull | / | Noun, Verb |
| habitat | /xx | Noun |
| haddock | /x | Noun |
| hake | / | Noun |
| halibut | /xx | Noun |
| harvest | /x | Noun, Verb |
| harvesters | /xx | Noun |
| hatchery | /xx | Noun |
| heat | / | Noun, Verb |
| herrings | /x | Noun |
| hole | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| imp | / | Noun, Verb |
| increasingly | x/xx | Adverb |
| juvenile | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| kid | / | Noun, Verb |
| larvae | /x | Noun |
| lateral line organ | /xx//x | Phrase, Noun |
| league | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| live | / | Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| lizard | /x | Noun |
| lobsters | /x | Noun |
| mackerel | /xx | Noun |
| mammals | /x | Noun |
| marinated | /xxx | Adjective |
| marine | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| mark | / | Noun, Verb |
| marlin | /x | Noun |
| meat | / | Noun |
| melons | /x | Noun |
| mercury | /xx | Noun |
| milt | / | Name, Verb |
| minced | / | Adjective |
| minor | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| molluscs | /x | Noun |
| monkey | /x | Noun, Verb |
| mosses | /x | Verb |
| mug | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| mullet | /x | Noun |
| mussels | /x | Noun |
| nestling | /x | Noun |
| nipper | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ocean | /x | Noun |
| orphan | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| oyster | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| pan | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| patsy | /x | Name |
| peach | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| peaches | /x | Verb |
| pigs | / | Noun |
| pisces | /x | Name |
| pole | / | Noun, Verb |
| potato | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| prawn | / | Noun, Verb |
| pupil | /x | Noun |
| pureed | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| quarry | /x | Noun, Verb |
| rainbow | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
