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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| smart aleck | /x/ | Name, Name, Name | 
| trickster | /x | Noun | 
| jester | /x | Noun | 
| troublemaker | /xxx | Noun | 
| practical joker | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| player | /x | Noun | 
| teaser | /x | Noun | 
| joker | /x | Noun | 
| buffoon | x/ | Noun | 
| comedian | x/xx | Noun | 
| knave | / | Noun | 
| foolhardy | /xx | Adjective | 
| rogue | / | Noun | 
| whiz | / | Noun | 
| scamp | / | Noun | 
| fall guy | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| swindler | /xx | Noun | 
| smooth operator | //xxx | Phrase, Noun | 
| good guy | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| clown | / | Noun | 
| bluff | / | Noun | 
| womanizer | /xxx | Noun | 
| cheater | /x | Noun | 
| wizard | /x | Noun | 
| fool | / | Noun | 
| man of straw | /// | Phrase, Noun | 
| idiot | /xx | Noun | 
| good sport | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| tease | / | Noun | 
| charlatan | /xx | Noun | 
| clipper | /x | Noun | 
| girder | /x | Noun | 
| layman | /x | Noun | 
| practitioner | x/xx | Noun | 
| comic | /x | Adjective | 
| operator | /xxx | Noun | 
| spoiler | /x | Noun | 
| meaner | /x | Noun | 
| fraud | / | Noun | 
| sneak | / | Noun | 
| politician | xx/x | Noun | 
| sharp | / | Adjective | 
| thief | / | Noun | 
| fiddler | /xx | Noun | 
| man of the world | //x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| impersonator | x/xxx | Noun | 
| snitch | / | Noun | 
| scamper | /x | Noun | 
| rascal | /x | Noun | 
| soothsayer | x/x | Noun | 
| nipper | /x | Noun | 
| bad guy | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| confidence trickster | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| shaver | /x | Noun | 
| honest injun | /xxx | Phrase, Noun | 
| able | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| advisable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| advised | x/ | Adjective | 
| agent | /x | Noun | 
| alderman | /xx | Noun | 
| anybody | /xxx | Noun | 
| anyone | /xx | Noun | 
| apprentice | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| appropriate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| apt | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| assassin | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| astute | x/ | Adjective | 
| baby | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| badass | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| bartender | /xx | Noun | 
| behave | x/ | Verb | 
| benjamin | /xx | Name | 
| bird | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| birdie | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| blackguard | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| blair | / | Name | 
| bloke | / | Noun | 
| blood | / | Noun, Verb | 
| blue | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| bomber | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| boner | /x | Noun | 
| boss | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| boy | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| boyfriend | /x | Noun | 
| bright | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| brilliant | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| bro | / | Noun | 
| brother | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| bryan | /x | Name | 
| bud | / | Noun, Verb | 
| buddy | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| bugger | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| bum | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| bunch | / | Noun, Verb | 
| burke | / | Name, Verb | 
| buster | /x | Noun | 
| cable | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| canny | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| capable | /xx | Adjective | 
| cardinal | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| careful | /x | Adjective | 
| cat | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| category | /xxx | Noun | 
| cautious | /x | Adjective | 
| celebrity | x/xx | Noun | 
| champ | / | Noun, Verb | 
| champion | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| chap | / | Noun, Verb | 
| character | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| chimp | / | Noun, Verb | 
| chum | / | Noun, Verb | 
| circumspect | /xx | Adjective | 
| class | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| clever | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| client | /x | Noun | 
| collins | /x | Name | 
| commonsense | xx/ | Noun, Adjective | 
| competent | /xx | Adjective | 
| competitor | x/xx | Noun | 
| con | / | Noun, Verb | 
| congressman | /xx | Noun | 
| conservative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| considerate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| considered | x/x | Adjective | 
| contact | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| cop | / | Noun, Verb | 
| correct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| creep | / | Verb, Noun | 
| crew | / | Noun, Verb | 
| cute | / | Adjective | 
| dawg | / | Noun | 
| debunk | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| desirable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| diplomatic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| dog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| dude | / | Noun, Verb | 
| dumb | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb | 
| effective | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| egg | / | Noun, Verb | 
| elder | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| elderly | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| enlightened | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| everybody | /xxx | Noun | 
| expedient | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| experts | /x | Noun | 
| expose | x/ | Verb | 
| farsighted | //x | Adjective | 
| fella | /x | Noun | 
| feller | /x | Noun | 
| fellow | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| fitting | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| folks | / | Noun | 
| foolish | /x | Adjective | 
| forecastle | /xx | Noun | 
| form | / | Noun, Verb | 
| friend | / | Noun, Verb | 
| gaillard | /x | Name | 
| gal | / | Noun | 
| gang | / | Noun, Verb | 
| gay | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| gee | / | Name, Verb | 
| geezer | /x | Noun | 
| genre | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| gent | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| gentleman | /xx | Noun | 
| gig | / | Noun, Verb | 
| girl | / | Noun, Verb | 
| good | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| gordon | /x | Name | 
| gui | x | Name | 
| guilty | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| hakim | x/ | Name | 
| han | / | Name | 
| head | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| healthy | /x | Adjective | 
| helpful | /x | Adjective | 
| him | / | Noun | 
| hitter | /x | Noun | 
| hombre | /x | Noun | 
| homey | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| horse | / | Noun, Verb | 
| hot | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| hughes | / | Name | 
| husband | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| illuminated | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| imprudent | x/x | Adjective | 
| incapable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| individual | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| inept | x/ | Adjective | 
| influenza | xx/x | Noun | 
| informant | x/x | Noun | 
| informed | x/ | Adjective | 
| ingenious | x/x | Adjective | 
| injudicious | xx/x | Adjective | 
| insightful | /xx | Adjective | 
| inspired | x/x | Adjective | 
| instructive | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| intellectual | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| intelligent | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| intern | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| jackson | /x | Name | 
| jay | / | Name | 
| jefferson | /xx | Name | 
| jerk | / | Noun, Verb | 
| joe | / | Name | 
| judicious | x/x | Adjective | 
| kid | / | Noun, Verb | 
| kiddo | /x | Noun | 
| killer | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| kind | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| know | / | Verb, Noun | 
| knowledge | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| lad | / | Noun | 
| laddie | /x | Noun | 
| lancaster | /xx | Name | 
| lewis | /x | Name | 
| lit | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| lockdown | /x | Noun | 
| logical | /xx | Adjective | 
| lover | /x | Noun | 
| magi | /x | Noun | 
| male | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| man | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| mate | / | Noun, Verb | 
| mathematician | xxx/x | Noun | 
| mcdonald | x/x | Name | 
| meaningful | /xx | Adjective | 
| mec | x | Name | 
| method | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| mister | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| model | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| mop | / | Noun, Verb | 
| morgan | /x | Name | 
| mug | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| murderer | /xx | Noun | 
| nature | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| naughty | /x | Adjective, Verb | 
