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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| ploy | / | Noun, Noun |
| stratagem | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| tactic | /x | Noun |
| ruse | / | Noun |
| strategy | /xx | Noun |
| endgame | /x | Noun |
| subterfuge | /xx | Noun |
| overture | /xx | Noun |
| blitzkrieg | /x | Noun |
| machiavellian | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| checkmate | /x | Noun |
| coup | / | Noun |
| chicanery | x/xx | Noun |
| diversionary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| pawn | / | Noun |
| stunt | / | Noun |
| trickery | /xx | Noun |
| charade | x/ | Noun |
| maneuvers | x/x | Noun |
| misdirection | xx/x | Noun |
| bluffing | /x | Verb |
| chess | / | Noun |
| farce | / | Noun |
| approach | x/ | Noun |
| gamble | /x | Noun |
| scheme | / | Noun |
| swindle | /x | Noun |
| trick | / | Noun |
| playbook | /x | Noun |
| diplomacy | x/xx | Noun |
| caper | /x | Noun |
| feint | / | Noun |
| turnabout | /xx | Noun |
| cunning | /x | Adjective |
| adversary | /xxx | Noun |
| trope | x | Noun |
| counterattack | /xxx | Noun |
| risky | /x | Adjective |
| blunder | /x | Noun |
| campaign | x/ | Noun |
| theory | /x | Noun |
| game | / | Noun |
| weasel | /x | Noun |
| duplicity | x/xx | Noun |
| gimmick | /x | Noun |
| diabolical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| deception | x/x | Noun |
| obfuscation | xx/x | Noun |
| hardball | /x | Noun |
| seduction | x/x | Noun |
| underhanded | /x/x | Adjective |
| crossover | /xx | Noun |
| duplicitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| opponent | x/x | Noun |
| payoff | /x | Noun |
| attraction | x/x | Noun |
| exchange | x/ | Noun |
| opposition | xx/x | Noun |
| opening | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| retreat | x/ | Noun |
| prophylaxis | xx/x | Noun |
| odds | / | Noun |
| interference | xx/x | Noun |
| fork | / | Noun |
| major piece | /x/ | Name, Name |
| skewer | /x | Noun |
| piece | / | Noun |
| hole | / | Noun |
| knight | / | Noun |
| blot | / | Noun |
| transposition | xx/x | Noun |
| motif | x/ | Noun |
| passer | /x | Noun |
| stipulation | xx/x | Noun |
| brilliancy | /xx | Noun |
| miniature | /xxx | Noun |
| promotion | x/x | Noun |
| file | / | Noun |
| board game | // | Phrase, Noun |
| place | / | Noun |
| card game | // | Phrase, Noun |
| castle | /x | Noun |
| material | x/xx | Noun |
| black | / | Name |
| ladder | /x | Noun |
| conversational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| backfired | /xx | Verb |
| sicilian | x/xx | Adjective |
| audacious | x/x | Adjective |
| declines | x/ | Verb |
| daring | /x | Adjective |
| favourite | x/ | Adjective |
| rhetorical | x/xx | Adjective |
| clever | /x | Adjective |
| desperate | /x | Adjective |
| emotions | x/x | Noun |
| shrewd | / | Adjective |
| failed | / | Verb |
| countered | /x | Verb |
| notion | /x | Noun |
| bold | / | Adjective |
| favorite | /xx | Adjective |
| tactical | /xx | Adjective |
| version | /x | Noun |
| diplomatic | xx/x | Adjective |
| variation | xx/x | Noun |
| tried | / | Verb |
| resorted | x/x | Verb |
| latest | /x | Adjective |
| reinforces | xx/x | Verb |
| defense | x/ | Noun |
| stories | /x | Noun |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| succeeded | x/x | Verb |
| failure | /x | Noun |
| anthropological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| success | x/ | Noun |
| familiar | x/x | Adjective |
| sort | / | Noun |
| ambitious | x/x | Adjective |
| brilliant | /x | Adjective |
| cuban | /x | Adjective |
| classic | /x | Adjective |
| worked | / | Verb |
| example | x/x | Noun |
| response | x/ | Noun |
| usual | /xx | Adjective |
| kind | / | Noun |
| deliberate | x/xx | Adjective |
| part | / | Noun |
| standard | /x | Adjective |
| strategic | x/x | Adjective |
| obvious | /xx | Adjective |
| refused | x/ | Verb |
| useful | /x | Adjective |
| aimed | / | Verb |
| employ | x/ | Verb |
| played | / | Verb |
| proved | / | Verb |
| electoral | x/xx | Adjective |
| safe | / | Adjective |
| successful | x/x | Adjective |
| just | / | Adverb |
| attempted | x/x | Verb |
| result | x/ | Noun |
| runs | / | Verb |
| battle | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| cartoon | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| dodge | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| entree | /x | Noun |
| exercise | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| expedient | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| manoeuvre | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| move | / | Verb, Noun |
| recipe | /xx | Noun |
| slogan | /x | Noun |
| tack | / | Noun, Verb |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| backside | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| southend | /x | Name |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
