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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| quagmire | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| mired | / | Verb |
| morass | x/ | Noun |
| swamp | / | Noun |
| muck | / | Noun |
| abyss | x/ | Noun |
| sinking | /x | Noun, Verb |
| slough | / | Noun |
| oblivion | x/xx | Noun |
| treacle | /x | Noun |
| sinkhole | /x | Noun |
| cesspool | /x | Noun |
| minefield | /x | Noun |
| limbo | /x | Noun |
| crevasse | x/ | Noun |
| miasma | x/x | Noun |
| pitfall | /x | Noun |
| wading | /x | Verb |
| swampy | /x | Adjective |
| trapped | / | Adjective, Verb |
| ruts | / | Noun |
| undertow | /xx | Noun |
| precipice | /xx | Noun |
| puddle | /x | Noun |
| sand | / | Noun |
| drowning | /x | Noun, Verb |
| vortex | /x | Noun |
| whirlpool | /x | Noun |
| slippery | /xx | Adjective |
| floundering | /xx | Noun |
| irrelevance | x/xx | Noun |
| wallowing | /xx | Verb |
| slime | / | Noun |
| murk | / | Noun |
| mediocrity | xx/xx | Noun |
| labyrinth | /xx | Noun |
| slush | / | Noun |
| peril | /x | Noun |
| ravine | x/ | Noun |
| thicket | /x | Noun |
| bogged | / | Verb |
| chasm | /x | Noun |
| maelstrom | /x | Noun |
| bottomless | /xx | Adjective |
| suffocating | /xxx | Adjective |
| fetid | /x | Adjective |
| despair | x/ | Noun |
| bedrock | /x | Noun |
| rubble | /x | Noun |
| netherworld | /xx | Noun |
| muddy | /x | Adjective |
| jungle | /x | Noun |
| cliff | / | Noun |
| lava | /x | Noun |
| maze | / | Noun |
| nothingness | /xx | Noun |
| ooze | / | Noun |
| sandbar | /x | Noun |
| sand dune | // | Phrase, Noun |
| warp | / | Noun |
| beach | / | Noun |
| wetland | /x | Noun |
| wash | / | Noun |
| dene | x | Name |
| batch | / | Noun |
| bank | / | Noun |
| sediment | /xx | Noun |
| reef | / | Noun |
| seafront | /x | Noun |
| shallow | /x | Adjective |
| slack | / | Noun |
| salt marsh | // | Phrase, Noun |
| links | / | Noun |
| salt | / | Noun |
| dry wash | // | Phrase, Noun |
| sand trap | // | Phrase, Noun |
| well | / | Adverb |
| carr | / | Name |
| seashore | /x | Noun |
| low water | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| scour | /x | Noun |
| sweep | / | Noun |
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| swale | / | Noun |
| slew | / | Noun |
| meadow | /x | Noun |
| water level | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| tidewater | /xx | Noun |
| bottom | /x | Noun |
| bluff | / | Noun |
| strand | / | Noun |
| beachside | /x | Noun |
| flag | / | Noun |
| pool | / | Noun |
| alluvium | x/xx | Noun |
| bottomland | /xx | Noun |
| marshland | /x | Noun |
| larsen | /x | Name |
| cactus | /x | Noun |
| treacherous | /xx | Adjective |
| passing | /x | Noun |
| stirs | / | Verb |
| treading | /x | Verb |
| pit | / | Noun |
| sucked | / | Verb |
| injustice | x/x | Noun |
| patch | / | Noun |
| mud | / | Noun |
| deceit | x/ | Noun |
| stepping | /x | Verb |
| swallowed | /x | Verb |
| stuck | / | Verb |
| pockets | /x | Noun |
| engulfed | x/ | Verb |
| like | / | Adjective |
| bed | / | Noun |
| deadly | /x | Adjective |
| lift | / | Verb |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| shifting | /x | Verb |
| struggling | /xx | Verb |
| brackish | /x | Adjective |
| drained | / | Adjective |
| dynamite | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| gravelly | /xx | Adjective |
| iceberg | /x | Noun |
| impasse | x/ | Noun |
| impervious | x/xx | Adjective |
| lake | / | Noun, Verb |
| loamy | /x | Adjective |
| marshy | /x | Adjective |
| monstrosity | x/xx | Noun |
| muddle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| quandary | /xx | Noun |
| sandy | /x | Name, Adjective |
| stagnant | /x | Adjective |
| straitjacket | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| tightrope | /x | Noun, Verb |
| vacuum | /x | Noun, Verb |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| grape | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
