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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| incomprehensible | xxx/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| inexplicable | xx/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| mysterious | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| cryptic | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| mystifying | /xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| deep | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| enigmatic | xx/x | Adjective |
| unknowable | x/xx | Adjective |
| impenetrable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| baffling | /xx | Adjective |
| unfathomable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| ineffable | x/xx | Adjective |
| obscure | x/ | Adjective |
| indecipherable | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| ambiguous | x/xx | Adjective |
| beguiling | x/x | Adjective |
| impassive | x/x | Adjective |
| perplexing | x/x | Adjective |
| confounding | x/x | Noun |
| implacable | x/xx | Adjective |
| obtuse | x/ | Adjective |
| idiosyncratic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| capricious | x/x | Adjective |
| bewildering | x/xx | Adjective |
| unintelligible | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| taciturn | /xx | Adjective |
| abstruse | x/ | Adjective |
| recondite | /xx | Adjective |
| maddening | /xx | Adjective |
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective |
| imperious | x/xx | Adjective |
| unapproachable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| puzzling | /xx | Adjective |
| esoteric | xx/x | Adjective |
| alluring | x/x | Adjective |
| opaque | x/ | Adjective |
| infuriating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| peculiar | x/x | Adjective |
| befuddled | x/x | Adjective |
| obdurate | /xx | Adjective |
| exasperating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| malevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| shadowy | /xx | Adjective |
| convoluted | /xxx | Adjective |
| sinister | /xx | Adjective |
| sagacious | //x | Adjective |
| unanswerable | xxxxx | Adjective |
| laconic | x/x | Adjective |
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective |
| seductive | x/x | Adjective |
| quizzical | /xx | Adjective |
| allusive | x/x | Adjective |
| unpredictable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| imperturbable | xxx/x | Adjective |
| strange | / | Adjective |
| nebulous | /xx | Adjective |
| benevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| stolid | /x | Adjective |
| diabolical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| incongruous | x/xx | Adjective |
| stoic | /x | Noun |
| affable | /xx | Adjective |
| cagey | /x | Adjective |
| disdainful | x/x | Adjective |
| paradoxical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| enigma | x/x | Noun |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| unyielding | x/x | Adjective |
| intriguing | x/x | Adjective |
| guileless | /x | Adjective |
| contradictory | xx/xx | Adjective |
| irascible | x/xx | Adjective |
| unsettling | x/xx | Adjective |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| pitiless | /xx | Adjective |
| menacing | /xx | Adjective |
| indiscernible | /x/xx | Adjective |
| unsmiling | x/x | Adjective |
| amiable | /xxx | Adjective |
| portentous | x/x | Adjective |
| wily | /x | Adjective |
| benign | x/ | Adjective |
| confusing | x/x | Adjective |
| mesmerizing | /xxx | Adjective |
| evasive | x/x | Adjective |
| unnerving | x/x | Adjective |
| unsympathetic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| bewitching | x/x | Adjective |
| irresistible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unfriendly | x/x | Adjective |
| intricate | /xx | Adjective |
| beneficent | xx/x | Adjective |
| diffident | /xx | Adjective |
| vague | / | Adjective |
| vexing | /x | Adjective |
| weirdly | /x | Adverb |
| improbable | x/xx | Adjective |
| nefarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| unaccountable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| abstract | x/ | Name |
| bottomless | /xx | Adjective |
| indigestible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| blind | / | Noun |
| gross | / | Name |
| thick | / | Adjective |
| unimaginable | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| unthinkable | x/xx | Adjective |
| inextricable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| uncertain | x/x | Adjective |
| inconceivable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| intractable | x/xx | Adjective |
| elusive | x/x | Adjective |
| hard | / | Adjective |
| unutterable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| inescapable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| benighted | x/x | Adjective |
| impassable | x/xx | Adjective |
| involute | xxx | Noun |
| impossible | x/xx | Adjective |
| unattainable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| gibberish | /xx | Noun |
| incalculable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| ineluctable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unbelievable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| counterintuitive | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| indistinct | xx/ | Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| turbid | x/ | Adjective |
| inexorable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| unscrew | x/ | Verb |
| oriental | xx/x | Name |
| providence | /xx | Noun |
| orient | /xx | Name |
| malice | /x | Noun |
| mystery | /xx | Noun |
| intricacy | /xxx | Noun |
| decrees | x/ | Noun |
| dispensations | xx/x | Noun |
| maya | /x | Name |
| workmanship | /xx | Noun |
| workings | /x | Noun |
| abyss | x/ | Noun |
| apparitions | xx/x | Noun |
| assassinations | xxx/x | Noun |
| berets | x/ | Noun |
| blunt | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| boils | / | Noun, Verb |
| bruises | /x | Verb |
| chambers | /x | Noun |
| comprehending | xx/x | Verb, Noun |
| cool | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| cribs | / | Noun |
| crime | / | Noun, Verb |
| crisp | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cubicles | /xx | Verb |
| curse | / | Noun, Verb |
| demons | /x | Verb |
| dens | / | Noun |
| desolation | xx/x | Noun |
| emotionless | x/xx | Adjective |
| evil | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| malign | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| merciful | /xx | Adjective |
| passionless | /xx | Adjective |
| secret | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| secretive | /xx | Adjective |
| unseeing | x/x | Adjective |
| watertight | /xx | Adjective |
| 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 |
