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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| morass | x/ | Noun, Noun | 
| mire | / | Noun, Noun | 
| quicksand | /x | Noun | 
| muck | / | Noun | 
| abyss | x/ | Noun | 
| cesspool | /x | Noun | 
| miasma | x/x | Noun | 
| maelstrom | /x | Noun | 
| minefield | /x | Noun | 
| mess | / | Noun | 
| muddle | /x | Noun | 
| swamp | / | Noun | 
| turmoil | /x | Noun | 
| pitfall | /x | Noun | 
| chaos | /x | Noun | 
| predicament | x/xx | Noun | 
| limbo | /x | Noun | 
| nightmare | /x | Noun | 
| misery | /xx | Noun | 
| conundrum | x/x | Noun | 
| gridlock | /x | Noun | 
| muddy | /x | Adjective | 
| disarray | xx/ | Noun | 
| incoherence | xx/x | Noun | 
| thicket | /x | Noun | 
| labyrinth | /xx | Noun | 
| doldrums | /x | Noun | 
| blundering | /xx | Noun | 
| crisis | /x | Noun | 
| conflict | /x | Noun | 
| quandary | /xx | Noun | 
| tangle | /x | Noun | 
| indecision | xx/x | Noun | 
| murk | / | Noun | 
| festering | /xx | Adjective | 
| misadventure | xx/x | Noun | 
| dilemma | x/x | Noun | 
| vortex | /x | Noun | 
| situation | xx/x | Noun | 
| fetid | /x | Adjective | 
| bureaucratic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| debacle | x/x | Noun | 
| confusion | x/x | Noun | 
| swampy | /x | Adjective | 
| fiasco | x/x | Noun | 
| irrelevance | x/xx | Noun | 
| slough | / | Noun | 
| catastrophe | x/xx | Noun | 
| impasse | x/ | Noun | 
| floundering | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| malaise | x/ | Noun | 
| shambles | /x | Noun | 
| enmeshed | x/ | Verb | 
| calamity | x/xx | Noun | 
| mediocrity | xx/xx | Noun | 
| hellhole | /x | Noun | 
| ambiguity | xx/xx | Noun | 
| netherworld | /xx | Noun | 
| farce | / | Noun | 
| complexities | x/xx | Noun | 
| idiocy | /xxx | Noun | 
| stagnation | x/x | Noun | 
| hellish | /x | Adjective | 
| bogged | / | Verb | 
| disaster | x/x | Noun | 
| irresolvable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| interminable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| futility | x/xx | Noun | 
| bureaucracy | x/xx | Noun | 
| stalemate | /x | Noun | 
| entrenchment | x/x | Noun | 
| labyrinthine | xx/x | Adjective | 
| unending | x/x | Adjective | 
| hopeless | /x | Adjective | 
| oblivion | x/xx | Noun | 
| internecine | x/xx | Adjective | 
| despair | x/ | Noun | 
| ruinous | /xx | Adjective | 
| carr | / | Name | 
| wetland | /x | Noun | 
| soil | / | Noun | 
| slough of despond | //x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| slump | / | Noun | 
| mud bath | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| bayou | /x | Noun | 
| marshland | /x | Noun | 
| marsh | / | Noun | 
| ooze | / | Noun | 
| swale | / | Noun | 
| puddle | /x | Noun | 
| swag | / | Noun | 
| water meadow | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| slush | / | Noun | 
| slash | / | Noun | 
| logan | /x | Name | 
| gully | /x | Noun | 
| sinkhole | /x | Noun | 
| meadow | /x | Noun | 
| wallow | /x | Noun | 
| gulf | / | Noun | 
| clod | / | Noun | 
| moss | / | Noun | 
| peat bog | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| wash | / | Noun | 
| holm | / | Name | 
| soak | / | Verb | 
| ross | / | Name | 
| moat | / | Noun | 
| lair | / | Noun | 
| extricate | /xx | Verb | 
| impassable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| bottomless | /xx | Adjective | 
| mud | / | Noun | 
| opportunism | xx/xx | Noun | 
| sinking | /x | Verb | 
| churned | / | Verb | 
| stinking | /x | Adjective | 
| lebanese | /xx | Adjective | 
| wade | / | Verb | 
| definitional | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| evasion | x/x | Noun | 
| vietnam | xx/ | Name | 
| relativism | /xxxx | Noun | 
| veritable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| sucked | / | Verb | 
| anarchy | /xx | Noun | 
| armoury | /xx | Noun | 
| chasm | /x | Noun | 
| dam | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| deadlock | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| hardship | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| hook | / | Noun, Verb | 
| plight | / | Noun, Verb | 
| rut | / | Noun, Verb | 
| sea | / | Noun | 
| standstill | /x | Noun | 
| straitjacket | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| tightrope | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb | 
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| grape | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| pidgin | /x | Noun | 
| butt | / | Noun, Verb | 
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| dicky | /x | Name, Adjective | 
| aisle | / | Noun | 
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
