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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| unlikely | x/x  | Adjective, Adjective  | 
| plausible | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| probable | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| potential | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| desirable | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| presumptive | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| possible | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| eventual | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| tempting | /x  | Adjective  | 
| putative | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| inclined | x/  | Adjective  | 
| fated | /x  | Adjective  | 
| easiest | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| viable | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| logical | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| closest | /x  | Adjective  | 
| preferred | x/  | Adjective  | 
| predominant | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| whichever | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| obvious | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| feasible | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| imminent | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| improbable | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| inevitable | x/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| preferable | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| undecided | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| doubtful | /x  | Adjective  | 
| ideal | x/  | Adjective  | 
| apt | /  | Adjective  | 
| worthier | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| hypothetical | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| advantageous | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| definite | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| surefire | /x/x  | Adjective  | 
| main | /  | Adjective  | 
| wisest | /x  | Adjective  | 
| ultimate | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| prime | /  | Adjective  | 
| keenest | /x  | Adjective  | 
| surest | /x  | Adjective  | 
| best | /  | Adjective  | 
| willing | /x  | Adjective  | 
| primary | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| predestined | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| distant | /x  | Adjective  | 
| biggest | /x  | Adjective  | 
| greatest | /x  | Adjective  | 
| reluctant | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| strongest | /x  | Adjective  | 
| favorite | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| tipped | /  | Adjective  | 
| tantalizing | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| ascendant | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| attractive | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| eager | /x  | Adjective  | 
| furthest | /x  | Adjective  | 
| promising | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| crucial | /x  | Adjective  | 
| unappealing | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| gravitating | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| top | /  | Adjective  | 
| clearest | /x  | Adjective  | 
| intriguing | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| latter | /x  | Adjective  | 
| amenable | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| loath | /  | Adjective  | 
| eligible | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| unwilling | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| vulnerable | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| oddest | /x  | Adjective  | 
| major | /x  | Adjective  | 
| key | /  | Adjective  | 
| sole | /  | Adjective  | 
| suitable | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| scariest | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| lone | /  | Adjective  | 
| expendable | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| dispensable | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| ablest | /x  | Adjective  | 
| safest | /x  | Adjective  | 
| loth | /  | Adjective  | 
| unpalatable | x/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| cheapest | /x  | Adjective  | 
| inconceivable | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| familiar | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| nearer | /x  | Adjective  | 
| choicest | /x  | Adjective  | 
| one | /  | Adjective  | 
| particular | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| unlucky | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| coveted | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| worst | /  | Adjective  | 
| foreseeable | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| conceivable | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| alternative | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| dark horse | //  | Phrase, Adjective  | 
| credible | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| untried | x/  | Adjective  | 
| nontraditional | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| etiologic | xxx/x  | Adjective  | 
| opportune | xx/  | Adjective  | 
| unsuspected | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| unpromising | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| proximate | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| expedient | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| farfetched | //  | Adjective  | 
| etiological | xxx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| propitious | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| thinkable | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| tenable | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| leftmost | /x  | Adjective  | 
| workable | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| alternate | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| undiscovered | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| heir apparent | /x/x  | Phrase, Adjective  | 
| second best | /x/  | Phrase, Adjective  | 
| antecedent | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| foolproof | /x  | Adjective  | 
| chancy | /x  | Adjective  | 
| unproven | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| achievable | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| arguable | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| neck and neck | ///  | Phrase, Adjective  | 
| even money | /x/x  | Phrase, Adjective  | 
| ostensible | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| doable | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| undetermined | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| prospective | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| apposite | xx  | Adjective  | 
| sure thing | //  | Phrase, Adjective  | 
| heifers | /x  | Noun  | 
| suspect | x/  | Noun  | 
| candidate | /xx  | Noun  | 
| culprit | /x  | Noun  | 
| explanation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| successor | x/x  | Noun  | 
| scenario | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| prospect | /x  | Noun  | 
| possibility | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| outcome | /x  | Noun  | 
| target | /x  | Noun  | 
| cause | /  | Noun  | 
| spot | /  | Noun  | 
| route | /  | Noun  | 
| diagnosis | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| source | /  | Noun  | 
| place | /  | Noun  | 
| answer | /x  | Noun  | 
| date | /  | Noun  | 
| means | /  | Noun  | 
| hypothesis | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| evil | /x  | Noun  | 
| victims | /x  | Noun  | 
| interpretation | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| location | x/x  | Noun  | 
| appealing | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| defensible | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| favored | /x  | Adjective  | 
| favoured | /x  | Adjective  | 
| only | /x  | Adverb, Adjective, Noun  | 
| usual | /xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| wrong | /  | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb  | 
