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WordSyllablesCategories
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