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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| knotted | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| gnarled | / | Verb, Adjective |
| crooked | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| tangled | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| labyrinthine | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| convoluted | /xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| tortuous | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| involved | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| baffling | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| byzantine | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| intricate | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| complex | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| problematical | xx/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| thorny | /x | Adjective |
| weighty | /x | Adjective |
| vexing | /x | Adjective |
| gordian | /xx | Name |
| untangling | x/x | Verb |
| hairy | /x | Adjective |
| intractable | x/xx | Adjective |
| sinewy | /xx | Adjective |
| recondite | /xx | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| variegated | /xxx | Adjective |
| elephantine | xx/x | Noun |
| disentangling | xx/x | Verb |
| shaggy | /x | Noun |
| trenchant | /x | Adjective |
| stringy | /x | Noun |
| luxuriant | x/xx | Adjective |
| flaxen | /x | Adjective |
| hoary | /x | Adjective |
| bristling | /xx | Noun |
| abstruse | x/ | Adjective |
| perplexing | x/x | Adjective |
| dense | / | Adjective |
| fractious | /x | Adjective |
| touchy | /x | Adjective |
| conundrums | x/x | Noun |
| delicate | /xx | Adjective |
| entangled | x/x | Verb |
| craggy | /x | Adjective |
| malodorous | x/xx | Adjective |
| interlocking | /xxx | Noun |
| dilemmas | x/x | Noun |
| woody | /x | Noun |
| recalcitrant | x/xx | Adjective |
| arcane | x/ | Adjective |
| multifarious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| brawny | /x | Noun |
| thicket | /x | Noun |
| copernican | x/xx | Noun |
| natty | /x | Name |
| juncture | /x | Noun |
| taut | / | Adjective |
| meaty | /x | Adjective |
| spiky | /x | Adjective |
| unresolved | xx/ | Adjective |
| messy | /x | Adjective |
| contrapuntal | x//x | Adjective |
| ticklish | /xx | Adjective |
| picayune | xx/ | Name |
| fraught | / | Noun |
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective |
| ramification | xxx/x | Noun |
| cutis | /x | Noun |
| interweaving | xx/x | Noun |
| curly | /x | Adjective |
| kinky | /x | Noun |
| burly | /x | Adjective |
| nitty | /x | Noun |
| snagged | / | Verb |
| prickly | /x | Adjective |
| corded | /x | Noun |
| kinked | / | Adjective |
| stranded | /x | Adjective |
| entrails | /x | Noun |
| paneling | /xx | Noun |
| pine | / | Noun |
| rhizome | /x | Noun |
| stick | / | Noun |
| lumber | /x | Noun |
| problem | /x | Noun |
| cane | / | Noun |
| swellings | /x | Noun |
| stools | / | Noun |
| oaks | / | Noun |
| trunks | / | Noun |
| fingers | /x | Noun |
| knees | / | Noun |
| puzzles | /x | Noun |
| fist | / | Noun |
| stump | / | Noun |
| logs | / | Noun |
| timber | /x | Noun |
| planks | / | Noun |
| wood | / | Noun |
| question | /x | Noun |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| daunting | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| forked | / | Adjective |
| horny | /x | Adjective |
| limber | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| major | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| sensitive | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| spindly | /x | Adjective |
| spiny | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| sticky | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| stout | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| tough | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| tricky | /x | Adjective |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| dicky | /x | Name, Adjective |
| grape | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sfa | x | Name |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| pigeon | /x | Noun, Verb |
