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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 | 
