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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| artifice | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| ploy | / | Noun |
| subterfuge | /xx | Noun |
| charade | x/ | Noun |
| stratagem | /xx | Noun |
| deception | x/x | Noun |
| sham | / | Noun |
| swindle | /x | Noun |
| scam | / | Noun |
| disguise | x/ | Noun |
| misdirection | xx/x | Noun |
| trick | / | Noun, Verb |
| tactic | /x | Noun |
| hoax | / | Noun |
| pretense | x/ | Noun |
| gambit | /x | Noun |
| trickery | /xx | Noun |
| phony | /x | Noun |
| farce | / | Noun |
| gimmick | /x | Noun |
| contrivance | x/x | Noun |
| masquerade | xx/ | Noun |
| decoy | x/ | Noun |
| concocted | x/x | Verb |
| bogus | /x | Adjective |
| pretext | /x | Noun |
| sneaky | /x | Adjective |
| fake | / | Noun |
| guise | / | Noun |
| diversionary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| chicanery | x/xx | Noun |
| obfuscation | xx/x | Noun |
| pretending | x/x | Verb |
| feigning | /x | Verb |
| stunt | / | Noun |
| cunning | /x | Adjective |
| blackmail | /x | Noun |
| surreptitious | xx/x | Adjective |
| propaganda | xx/x | Noun |
| pretence | x/ | Noun |
| deceit | x/ | Noun |
| dissimulation | xxx/x | Noun |
| scheme | / | Noun |
| duplicity | x/xx | Noun |
| underhanded | /x/x | Adjective |
| dupe | / | Noun |
| prank | / | Noun |
| imposture | x/x | Noun |
| trap | / | Noun |
| deceptive | x/x | Adjective |
| conspiracy | x/xx | Noun |
| dissembling | x/x | Noun |
| contrived | x/ | Verb |
| nefarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| diabolical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| disinformation | xxx/x | Noun |
| insidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| lure | / | Noun |
| deceive | x/ | Verb |
| fooling | /x | Verb |
| conceal | x/ | Verb |
| ambush | /x | Noun |
| impostor | x/x | Noun |
| fraud | / | Noun |
| spoof | / | Noun |
| feint | / | Noun |
| unwitting | x/x | Adjective |
| blatant | /x | Adjective |
| weasel | /x | Noun |
| treachery | /xx | Noun |
| clever | /x | Adjective |
| camouflage | /xx | Noun |
| diversion | x/x | Noun |
| fraudulent | /xx | Adjective |
| imposter | x/x | Noun |
| alibi | /xx | Noun |
| conning | /x | Noun |
| patsy | /x | Name |
| clandestinely | x/xx | Adverb |
| sleight | / | Noun |
| duplicitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| deceitful | x/x | Adjective |
| joke | / | Noun |
| covertly | x/x | Adverb |
| loophole | /x | Noun |
| circumvent | xx/ | Verb |
| rout | / | Noun |
| hark back | // | Name, Verb, Name |
| russel | /x | Name |
| coursing | /x | Noun |
| foil | / | Noun |
| sleuth | / | Noun |
| chase | / | Noun |
| puss | / | Noun |
| rach | / | Name |
| runaway | /xx | Adjective |
| train | / | Noun |
| hunt | / | Noun |
| relay | /x | Noun |
| stalking horse | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| outrun | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| hare | / | Noun |
| lash | / | Noun |
| stalk | / | Noun |
| strain | / | Noun |
| hide | / | Noun |
| game | / | Noun |
| bush | / | Noun |
| wardrobe | /x | Noun |
| rutter | /x | Name |
| rabbit | /x | Noun |
| rabbit hole | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| hunter | /x | Noun |
| brute | / | Noun |
| muse | / | Noun |
| quartering | /xx | Noun |
| runt | / | Noun |
| squat | / | Adjective |
| warren | /x | Name |
| rawhide | /x | Noun |
| herding | /x | Noun |
| hunting cat | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| spoor | / | Noun |
| raze | / | Verb |
| roping | /x | Noun |
| bell | / | Noun |
| casting | /x | Noun |
| guile | / | Noun, Verb |
| varna | /x | Noun |
| sofia | x/x | Name |
| hull | / | Noun |
| devises | x/x | Verb |
| sly | / | Adverb |
| recourse | /x | Noun |
| lull | / | Verb |
| suspecting | x/x | Verb |
| device | x/ | Noun |
| dodge | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| excuse | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| expedient | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| ingenuity | xx/xx | Noun |
| maneuver | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| manoeuvre | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| russian | /x | Adjective, Name |
| thing | / | Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| backside | /x | Noun, Adjective |
