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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| misfortune | x/x | Noun |
| bad luck | // | Phrase, Noun |
| tough luck | // | Phrase, Noun |
| casualty | /xxx | Noun |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| thing | / | Noun |
| narrow escape | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| accident of birth | /xx// | Phrase, Noun |
| predicament | x/xx | Noun |
| disaster | x/x | Noun |
| mishap | /x | Noun |
| bad news | // | Phrase, Noun |
| reverse | x/ | Noun |
| doom | / | Noun |
| inconvenient | xx/x | Adjective |
| accident | /xx | Noun |
| calamity | x/xx | Noun |
| one thing after another | ///xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| misadventure | xx/x | Noun |
| downside | /x | Noun |
| weird | / | Adjective |
| unpredictable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unexpected | xx/x | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| situation | xx/x | Noun |
| disaster waiting to happen | x/x/x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| long odds | // | Phrase, Noun |
| avoidable | x/xx | Adjective |
| almost | /x | Adverb |
| occupational hazard | xx/xx/x | Name, Name |
| something else | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| fatal | /x | Adjective |
| debacle | x/x | Noun |
| hell or high water | ////x | Phrase, Noun, Adverb |
| harm | / | Noun |
| fate | / | Noun |
| consequence | /xx | Noun |
| haphazard | x/x | Adjective |
| fiasco | x/x | Noun |
| plight | / | Noun |
| problem | /x | Noun |
| unlikely | x/x | Adjective |
| juju | /x | Noun |
| bad hair day | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| false alarm | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| stumbling block | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| resignation | xx/x | Noun |
| something or other | /x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| mire | / | Noun |
| portent | /x | Noun |
| not a pretty sight | /x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| jinx | / | Noun |
| minor miracle | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| unwanted | x/x | Adjective |
| penalty | /xx | Noun |
| pitfall | /x | Noun |
| loser | /x | Noun |
| monkey wrench | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| injury | /xx | Noun |
| outside chance | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| spot | / | Noun |
| improbability | x/x/xx | Noun |
| mixed blessing | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| random | /x | Noun |
| awkward | /x | Adjective |
| bind | / | Noun |
| straw | / | Noun |
| ruin | /x | Noun |
| corner | /x | Noun |
| one in a million | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| inconsequential | xxx/x | Adjective |
| folly | /x | Noun |
| pity | /x | Noun |
| sticky wicket | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| matters | /x | Noun |
| last minute | //x | Phrase, Noun, Adjective |
| impending | x/x | Adjective |
| mixed bag | // | Phrase, Noun |
| inconvenience | xx/x | Noun |
| irony | /xx | Noun |
| long shot | // | Phrase, Noun |
| the pits | x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| trouble | /x | Noun |
| incongruity | xx/xx | Noun |
| bitter end | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| trials and tribulations | //xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| disadvantage | xx/x | Noun |
| dead cert | /x | Phrase, Noun |
| travesty | /xx | Noun |
| minus | /x | Noun |
| ungainly | x/x | Adjective |
| worst | / | Adjective |
| excuse | x/ | Noun |
| catastrophe | x/xx | Noun |
| infamy | /xx | Noun |
| difficulties | /xxx | Noun |
| hitch | / | Noun |
| hazard | /x | Noun |
| last resort | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| issues | /x | Noun |
| hangover | /xx | Noun |
| proverb | /x | Noun |
| can of worms | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| above | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| accomplishments | x/xx | Noun |
| ace | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| achievements | x/x | Noun |
| actions | /x | Noun |
| activities | x/xx | Noun |
| acts | / | Noun |
| affaires | x/ | Noun |
| affairs | x/ | Noun |
| afflictions | x/x | Noun |
| agreement | x/x | Noun |
| aims | / | Noun |
| alone | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| among | x/ | |
| amongst | x/ | |
| ane | / | Noun, Adjective |
| angry | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| another | x/x | Verb |
| any | /x | Adverb |
| anybody | /xxx | Noun |
| anyone | /xx | Noun |
| are | / | Noun |
| areas | /xx | Noun |
| arguments | /xx | Noun |
| artefacts | /x/ | Noun |
| articles | /xx | Noun |
| artifacts | /xx | Noun |
| asia | /x | Name |
| aspects | /x | Noun |
| assertions | x/x | Noun |
| assets | /x | Noun |
| attracted | x/x | Adjective |
| beings | /x | Noun |
| bill | / | Noun, Verb |
| blessings | /x | Noun |
| both | / | Noun |
| cardinal | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| cases | /x | Noun |
| cats | / | Noun |
| causes | /x | Noun |
| changes | /x | Noun |
| characteristics | xxx/x | Noun |
| children | /x | Noun |
| cholera | /xx | Noun |
| choses | /x | Noun, Verb |
| circumstances | /xxx | Verb |
| claim | / | Noun, Verb |
| clergy | /x | Noun |
| clothes | / | Noun |
| clutter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| combined | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| come | / | Verb, Noun |
| comforts | /x | Noun |
| comments | /x | Noun |
| commercial | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| components | x/x | Noun |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| concepts | /x | Verb |
| concerns | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| conditions | x/x | Verb |
| considerations | xxx/x | Noun |
| countless | /x | Adjective |
| country | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| counts | / | Noun |
| cravings | /x | Noun |
| creatures | /x | Noun |
| day | / | Noun, Verb |
| deeds | / | Noun |
| dem | x | Noun |
| demands | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| deniers | x/x | Noun |
| details | x/ | Noun |
| developments | x/xx | Noun |
| difference | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| digit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dimensions | x/x | Verb |
| dossiers | x/ | Noun |
| dots | / | Noun |
| dozen | /x | Noun |
| dreams | / | Noun |
| duties | /x | Noun |
| each | / | Adverb, Noun |
| eden | /x | Name |
| eight | / | Noun, Adjective |
| either | /x | Adverb |
| elected | x/x | Noun |
| elements | /xx | Noun |
| employees | x/x | Noun |
| entities | /xx | Noun |
| errands | /x | Noun |
| events | x/ | Noun |
| every | /xx | Noun |
| everybody | /xxx | Noun |
| everyone | /xx | Noun |
| everything | /xx | Noun |
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| examples | x/x | Noun |
| extraordinary | xx/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| facets | /x | Noun |
| factors | /x | Noun |
| facts | / | Noun |
| features | /x | Noun, Verb |
| few | / | Noun |
| fields | / | Noun |
| fifteen | x/ | Noun |
| fifty | /x | Noun |
| first | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| firstly | /x | Adverb |
| five | / | Noun |
| four | / | Noun |
| functions | /x | Noun |
| game | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| gestures | /x | Verb |
| gifts | / | Verb |
| glands | / | Noun |
| goals | / | Adjective |
| goodies | /x | Adjective |
| goods | / | Noun |
| graces | /x | Noun |
| grounds | / | Noun |
| group | / | Noun, Verb |
| happenings | /xx | Verb |
| have | / | Verb, Noun |
| he | / | Noun, Adjective |
| her | x | Noun |
| him | / | Noun |
| hints | / | Noun, Verb |
| how | / | Adverb, Noun |
| hundred | /x | Noun |
| i | x | Noun |
| ideas | x/x | Noun |
| incidents | /xx | Noun |
| including | x/x | Verb |
| incomparable | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| indefinite | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| individuals | xx/xx | Noun |
| indivisible | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| initial | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| initiatives | x/xx | Noun |
| inseparable | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| items | /x | Noun |
| junk | / | Noun, Verb |
| kind | / | Noun, Adjective |
| know | / | Verb, Noun |
| las | / | Noun |
| lessons | /x | Noun |
| let | / | Verb, Noun |
| lew | / | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| lie | / | Verb, Noun |
| likenesses | /xx | Noun |
| long | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| lost | / | Adjective |
| luggage | /x | Noun |
| man | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| many | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| marks | / | Noun |
| mars | / | Name |
| matchless | /x | Adjective |
| me | / | Noun |
| meanings | /x | Noun |
| measures | /x | Noun |
| mensch | / | Noun |
| messages | /xx | Noun |
| mice | / | Verb |
| mind | / | Noun, Verb |
| monad | /x | Noun |
| monsters | /x | Noun |
| moss | / | Noun, Verb |
| nature | /x | Noun, Verb |
| nco | x | Name |
| neb | / | Name |
| nicest | /x | Adjective |
| nine | / | Noun |
| nobody | /xx | Noun |
