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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| surety | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| ransom | /x | Noun |
| gunpoint | /x | Noun |
| captive | /x | Noun |
| holding | /x | Verb |
| captor | /x | Noun |
| prisoner | /xx | Noun |
| custody | /xx | Noun |
| thrall | / | Noun |
| grudge | / | Noun |
| blackmailing | /xx | Verb |
| trapped | / | Adjective |
| locked | / | Verb |
| take | / | Verb |
| extort | x/ | Verb |
| negotiator | x/xxx | Noun |
| surrenders | x/x | Noun |
| freed | / | Verb |
| rescue | /x | Noun |
| capitulate | x/xx | Verb |
| relinquish | x/x | Verb |
| carrying | /xx | Verb |
| hijacking | /xx | Noun |
| captivity | x/xx | Noun |
| standoff | /x | Noun |
| pawn | / | Noun |
| gunman | /x | Noun |
| victim | /x | Noun |
| accountable | x/xx | Adjective |
| handcuffed | /x | Verb |
| snatching | /x | Verb |
| siege | / | Noun |
| threatening | /xx | Adjective |
| strangling | /xx | Noun |
| guarding | /x | Verb |
| escape | x/ | Noun |
| robbing | /x | Verb |
| forcing | /x | Verb |
| terrorist | /xx | Adjective |
| government | /xx | Noun |
| jailed | / | Verb |
| capture | /x | Noun |
| aloft | x/ | Adverb |
| safekeeping | //x | Noun |
| torturing | /xx | Verb |
| abductors | x/x | Noun |
| possession | x/x | Noun |
| toting | /x | Adjective |
| wrested | /x | Verb |
| handing | /x | Verb |
| traitor | /x | Noun |
| occupying | /xxx | Verb |
| stranglehold | /xx | Noun |
| killed | / | Verb |
| knife | / | Noun |
| backseat | x/ | Noun |
| fleeing | /x | Verb |
| abduction | x/x | Noun |
| stronghold | /x | Noun |
| wielding | /x | Adjective |
| negotiations | xxx/x | Noun |
| pledge | / | Noun |
| bond | / | Noun |
| vassal | /x | Noun |
| slave | / | Noun |
| detainee | xx/ | Noun |
| trusty | /x | Noun |
| prey | / | Noun |
| promisee | /xx | Noun |
| bodyguard | /xx | Noun |
| bearer | /x | Noun |
| guarantor | xx/ | Noun |
| indentured servant | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| word of honor | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| guarantee | xx/ | Noun |
| knight | / | Noun |
| pawnee | // | Name |
| holder | /x | Noun |
| bondsman | /x | Noun |
| escort | x/ | Noun |
| sacrificial lamb | /x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| liege | / | Noun |
| captive audience | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| martyr | /x | Noun |
| mortgagee | /xx | Noun |
| indentured | x/x | Adjective |
| tenant | /x | Noun |
| plenipotentiary | /xx/xx | Noun |
| thebes | / | Name |
| fortune | /x | Noun |
| unharmed | x/ | Verb |
| huns | / | Name |
| kept | / | Adjective |
| beirut | x/ | Name |
| lebanon | /xx | Name |
| constantinople | xxx/x | Name |
| day | / | Adjective |
| detention | x/x | Noun |
| whims | / | Noun |
| unwilling | x/x | Adjective |
| devil | /x | Noun |
| fidelity | x/xx | Noun |
| fulfilment | x/x | Noun |
| shield | / | Noun |
| detained | x/ | Verb |
| ambush | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| blindfold | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| boarders | /x | Noun |
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective |
| conjecture | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| contrived | x/ | Adjective |
| crisis | /x | Noun |
| cruz | / | Name |
| death | / | Noun |
| deputy | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| embarrassing | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| emissary | /xxx | Noun |
| employ | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| girl | / | Noun, Verb |
| grip | / | Noun, Verb |
| guesswork | /x | Noun |
| gun | / | Noun, Verb |
| heartbreaking | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| iran | x/ | Name |
| lynching | /x | Noun |
| maltreatment | x/x | Noun |
| middle east | /x/ | Name, Name |
| mission | /x | Noun, Verb |
| overseer | /x/x | Noun |
| patrons | /x | Noun |
| people | /x | Noun, Verb |
| person | /x | Noun, Verb |
| plane | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| playing | /x | Noun |
| prototypical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| puzzling | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| quality | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| recruit | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| scared | / | Adjective |
| seizure | /x | Noun, Verb |
| situation | xx/x | Noun |
| spies | / | Noun |
| takeover | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| testing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| toy | / | Noun, Verb |
| trauma | /x | Noun |
| tributary | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| twi | / | Name |
| war | / | Noun, Verb |
| watergate | /xx | Name, Verb |
| whole | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| woman | /x | Noun, Verb |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
