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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| sly | / | Adjective, Adjective, Adverb |
| cunning | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| wily | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| catchy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| artful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| dodgy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| crafty | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| slippery | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| slick | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| untrustworthy | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| foxy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective |
| tough | / | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| dicey | /x | Name |
| problematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| confusing | x/x | Adjective |
| frustratingly | /xxx | Adverb |
| vexing | /x | Adjective |
| risky | /x | Adjective |
| perplexing | x/x | Adjective |
| iffy | /x | Noun |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| impossible | x/xx | Adjective |
| crucial | /x | Adjective |
| finicky | /xx | Adjective |
| doable | /xx | Adjective |
| easy | /x | Adjective |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| scary | /x | Adjective |
| awkward | /x | Adjective |
| perilous | /xx | Adjective |
| baffling | /xx | Adjective |
| touchy | /x | Adjective |
| straightforward | //x | Adjective |
| fraught | / | Noun |
| tedious | /xx | Adjective |
| puzzling | /xx | Adjective |
| inconvenient | xx/x | Adjective |
| important | x/x | Adjective |
| thorny | /x | Adjective |
| unpredictable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| exasperating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| trick | / | Noun |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective |
| arduous | /xx | Adjective |
| ambiguous | x/xx | Adjective |
| messy | /x | Adjective |
| maddening | /xx | Adjective |
| sneaky | /x | Adjective |
| annoying | x/x | Adjective |
| conundrum | x/x | Noun |
| complex | /x | Noun |
| clever | /x | Adjective |
| bewildering | x/xx | Adjective |
| weird | / | Adjective |
| tiring | /x | Noun |
| unusual | x/xx | Adjective |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| confounding | x/x | Noun |
| dilemma | x/x | Noun |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| intimidating | x/xxx | Verb |
| precarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| elusive | x/x | Adjective |
| intriguing | x/x | Adjective |
| infuriating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| onerous | /xx | Adjective |
| interesting | /xx | Adjective |
| quite | / | Adverb |
| unorthodox | x/xx | Adjective |
| problem | /x | Noun |
| stressful | /x | Adjective |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| tempting | /x | Adjective |
| impractical | x/xx | Adjective |
| difficulty | /xxx | Noun |
| surprising | x/x | Adjective |
| fascinating | /xxx | Adjective |
| useful | /x | Adjective |
| questionable | /xxx | Adjective |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| unnerving | x/x | Adjective |
| strange | / | Adjective |
| uncertain | x/x | Adjective |
| surprisingly | x/xx | Adverb |
| expensive | x/x | Adjective |
| laborious | x/xx | Adjective |
| entangled | x/x | Verb |
| busy | /x | Adjective |
| taxing | /x | Noun |
| ambitious | x/x | Adjective |
| fancy | /x | Noun |
| sticky | /x | Adjective |
| tortured | /x | Adjective |
| thick | / | Adjective |
| befuddled | x/x | Adjective |
| fussy | /x | Adjective |
| trying | /x | Verb |
| exacting | x/x | Adjective |
| addled | /x | Adjective |
| crazy | /x | Adjective |
| in too deep | x// | Phrase, Adjective |
| killer | /x | Noun |
| heavy | /x | Adjective |
| fastidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| spoilt for choice | /// | Phrase, Adjective |
| tricked out | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| hectic | /x | Adjective |
| too clever by half | //x// | Phrase, Adjective |
| intense | x/ | Adjective |
| fluttered | /x | Verb |
| tightrope | /x | Noun |
| putt | / | Noun |
| maneuver | x/x | Noun |
| syllogisms | /xxx | Noun |
| footwork | /x | Noun |
| manoeuvre | x/ | Noun |
| shoals | / | Noun |
| business | /x | Noun |
| traverse | /x | Noun |
| proposition | xx/x | Noun |
| sam | / | Name |
| bit | / | Noun |
| rapids | /x | Noun |
| navigation | /x/x | Noun |
| stuff | / | Noun |
| terrain | x/ | Noun |
| devil | /x | Noun |
| intersection | xx/x | Noun |
| greens | / | Noun |
| crossing | /x | Noun |
| currents | /x | Noun |
| question | /x | Noun |
| feat | / | Noun |
| fast | / | Adverb |
| undertaking | /xxx | Noun |
| maze | / | Noun |
| customer | /xx | Noun |
| wording | /x | Noun |
| traps | / | Noun |
| tides | / | Noun |
| affair | x/ | Noun |
| endeavor | x/x | Noun |
| slave | / | Noun |
| fox | / | Noun |
| issue | /x | Noun |
| turns | / | Noun |
| gets | / | Verb |
| barbed | / | Adjective |
| burdensome | /xx | Adjective |
| capricious | x/x | Adjective |
| careful | /x | Adjective |
| chancy | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| contentious | x/x | Adjective |
| controversial | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| convoluted | /xxx | Adjective |
| critical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| dainty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| debatable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| debated | x/x | Adjective |
| deceptive | x/x | Adjective |
| delicate | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| emotive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| evasive | x/x | Adjective |
| fragile | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| gentle | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| hot | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| insidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| intractable | x/xx | Adjective |
| intricate | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| knotty | /x | Adjective |
| malignant | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| minute | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| misleading | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| pitfalls | /x | Noun |
| sacred | /x | Adjective |
| sensible | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| sensitive | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| sensitivity | xx/xx | Noun |
| skittish | /x | Adjective |
| smart | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| sore | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| spiny | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| spoilt | / | Adjective |
| squeamish | /x | Adjective |
| subtle | /x | Adjective |
| temperamental | xx/x | Adjective |
| ticklish | /xx | Adjective |
| tight | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| tiresome | /xx | Adjective |
| traitor | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| unclear | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| vicious | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| warm | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| whimsical | /xx | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
