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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| whipping boy | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| blame | / | Noun, Verb |
| patsy | /x | Name |
| demonize | /xx | Verb |
| excuse | x/ | Noun |
| culpable | /xx | Adjective |
| culprit | /x | Noun |
| perpetrator | /xxx | Noun |
| demonized | /xx | Verb |
| victim | /x | Noun |
| savior | /x | Noun |
| crucify | /xx | Verb |
| exonerate | x/xx | Verb |
| traitor | /x | Noun |
| martyr | /x | Noun |
| retribution | xx/x | Noun |
| punish | /x | Verb |
| figurehead | /xx | Noun |
| vilification | xxx/x | Noun |
| tormentor | /xx | Noun |
| saviour | /x | Noun |
| revenge | x/ | Noun |
| downfall | /x | Noun |
| betrayer | x/x | Noun |
| outcast | /x | Noun |
| pariah | x/x | Noun |
| remedy | /xx | Noun |
| expiation | /xxx | Noun |
| atonement | x/x | Noun |
| pretext | /x | Noun |
| target | /x | Noun |
| motivator | /xxx | Noun |
| stigmatize | /xx | Verb |
| ploy | / | Noun |
| escape | x/ | Noun |
| bungling | /xx | Noun |
| substitute | /xx | Noun |
| responsible | x/xx | Adjective |
| metaphor | /xx | Noun |
| fault | / | Noun |
| surrogate | /xx | Noun |
| sacrificial | xx/x | Adjective |
| instigator | /xxx | Noun |
| solution | x/x | Noun |
| placate | /x | Verb |
| villain | /x | Noun |
| murderer | /xx | Noun |
| apologists | x/xx | Noun |
| scandal | /x | Noun |
| fodder | /x | Noun |
| maligned | x/ | Adjective |
| killer | /x | Noun |
| sacrificial lamb | /x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| high priest | // | Phrase, Noun |
| grapes of wrath | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| burnt offering | //xx | Phrase, Noun |
| golden calf | /x/ | Name, Name |
| satyr | /x | Noun |
| toby | /x | Name |
| effigy | /xx | Noun |
| antelope | /xx | Noun |
| evil eye | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| cornucopia | xx/xx | Noun |
| golem | /x | Noun |
| messiah | x/x | Noun |
| saber | /x | Noun |
| ills | / | Noun |
| convenient | x/x | Adjective |
| talisman | /xx | Noun |
| fiasco | x/x | Noun |
| woes | / | Noun |
| handy | /x | Adjective |
| debacle | x/x | Noun |
| failings | /x | Noun |
| frustrations | x/x | Noun |
| aged | / | Noun |
| sins | / | Noun |
| misfortunes | x/x | Noun |
| failures | /x | Noun |
| inadequacies | x/xxx | Noun |
| troubles | /x | Noun |
| vent | / | Verb |
| defeat | x/ | Noun |
| shortcomings | /xx | Noun |
| disaster | x/x | Noun |
| singled | /x | Verb |
| expulsion | x/x | Noun |
| sacrifice | /xx | Noun |
| proverbial | x/xx | Adjective |
| evils | /x | Noun |
| excesses | x/x | Noun |
| mistakes | x/ | Noun |
| ritual | /xx | Noun |
| anxieties | x/xx | Noun |
| wilderness | /xx | Noun |
| hero | /x | Noun |
| hunt | / | Noun |
| search | / | Noun |
| lamb | / | Noun |
| ready | /x | Adjective |
| easy | /x | Adjective |
| archetypal | //x | Adjective |
| innocent | /xx | Adjective |
| pin | / | Verb |
| jew | / | Name |
| rite | / | Noun |
| grievances | /xx | Noun |
| liberalism | /xxxx | Noun |
| role | / | Noun |
| crimes | / | Noun |
| favorite | /xx | Adjective |
| killing | /x | Noun |
| favourite | x/ | Adjective |
| affair | x/ | Noun |
| willing | /x | Adjective |
| humiliation | xxx/x | Noun |
| perfect | x/ | Adjective |
| identifiable | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| inability | xx/xx | Noun |
| acceptable | x/xx | Adjective |
| accepted | x/x | Adjective |
| accused | x/ | Noun, Adjective |
| advisor | x/x | Noun |
| akan | x/ | Name, Adjective |
| animal | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| bargain | /x | Noun, Verb |
| battleground | /xx | Noun |
| brother | /x | Noun, Verb |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| camp | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| covenant | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| coward | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| deception | x/x | Noun |
| destination | xx/x | Noun |
| emissary | /xxx | Noun |
| envoy | /x | Noun |
| exemplar | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| fool | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| footwear | /x | Noun |
| goat | / | Noun, Verb |
| guarantor | xx/ | Noun |
| instrumentality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| intermediary | xx/xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| lie | / | Verb, Noun |
| loser | /x | Noun |
| man | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| medal | /x | Noun, Verb |
| mediator | /xxx | Noun |
| messenger | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| minion | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| outfall | /x | Noun, Verb |
| outlet | /x | Noun |
| panacea | xx/x | Noun |
| person | /x | Noun, Verb |
| priest | / | Noun, Verb |
| refuge | /x | Noun, Verb |
| source | / | Noun, Verb |
| sucker | /x | Noun, Verb |
| symbol | /x | Noun, Verb |
| title | /x | Noun, Verb |
| trick | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| turkish | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| venue | /x | Noun |
| wimp | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| yardstick | /x | Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| grape | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| dicky | /x | Name, Adjective |
| bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| salad | /x | Noun |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| pigeon | /x | Noun, Verb |
| nickel | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| sfa | x | Name |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| aisle | / | Noun |
