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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| operative | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| pi | / | Noun, Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| private eye | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective, Noun |
| private investigator | /xx/xxx | Phrase, Noun |
| sherlock | /x | Noun, Name, Verb |
| detective | x/x | Noun |
| special agent | /x/x | Name, Name |
| agent | /x | Noun |
| snoop | / | Noun |
| secret agent | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| examiner | x/xx | Noun |
| sleuth | / | Noun |
| plant | / | Noun |
| inspector | x/x | Noun |
| procurator | x/xx | Noun |
| bounty hunter | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| bloodhound | /x | Noun |
| shamus | /x | Name |
| ghost | / | Noun |
| officer | /xx | Noun |
| beagle | /x | Noun |
| undercover | xx/x | Adjective |
| fixer | /x | Noun |
| consultant | x/x | Noun |
| hack | / | Noun |
| attorney | x/x | Noun |
| second | /x | Noun |
| commissioner | x/xx | Noun |
| tracer | /x | Noun |
| search party | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| actor | /x | Noun |
| double agent | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| finder | /x | Noun |
| factor | /x | Noun |
| raider | /x | Noun |
| political | x/xx | Adjective |
| proxy | /x | Noun |
| espy | /x | Name |
| third party | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| bailiff | /x | Noun |
| informant | x/x | Noun |
| spook | / | Noun |
| scout | / | Noun |
| accessory after the fact | x/xx/xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| interviewer | /xxx | Noun |
| representative | xx/xx | Noun |
| questioner | /xx | Noun |
| sniffer dog | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| emissary | /xxx | Noun |
| case officer | //xx | Phrase, Noun |
| surveillance | x/x | Noun |
| independent contractor | xx/x/xx | Name, Name |
| sniffer | /x | Noun |
| interrogator | x/xxx | Noun |
| legal | /x | Adjective |
| uniform | /xx | Noun |
| suspect | x/ | Noun |
| assignee | x// | Noun |
| purchasing agent | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| dangle | /x | Noun |
| escort | x/ | Noun |
| special prosecutor | /x/xxx | Name, Name |
| inquirer | x/x | Noun |
| protector | x/x | Noun |
| collector | x/x | Noun |
| employer | x/x | Noun |
| factfinder | /xx | Noun |
| press agent | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| hired gun | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| client | /x | Noun |
| inquisitor | x/xx | Noun |
| dees | / | Noun |
| middleman | /xx | Noun |
| travel agent | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| stalker | /x | Noun |
| person of interest | /x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| applicant | /xx | Noun |
| intervenor | xx/x | Noun |
| security guard | x/xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| intelligencer | x/xxx | Name |
| reporter | x/x | Noun |
| sneak | / | Noun |
| agent provocateur | /xxxxx | Phrase, Noun |
| privateer | /x/ | Noun |
| publicist | /xx | Noun |
| helper | /x | Noun |
| accessory | x/xx | Noun |
| profiler | /xx | Noun |
| plumber | /x | Noun |
| body snatcher | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| special | /x | Adjective |
| willy | /x | Name |
| illegal | x/x | Adjective |
| intermediary | xx/xxx | Noun |
| henchman | /x | Noun |
| informer | x/x | Noun |
| separator | /xxx | Noun |
| commission | x/x | Noun |
| police officer | x//xx | Phrase, Noun |
| cover | /x | Noun |
| mole | / | Noun |
| public servant | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| cousin | /x | Noun |
| affiliated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| alone | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| attest | x/ | Verb |
| backstage | // | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| bartender | /xx | Noun |
| bereft | x/ | Adjective |
| boxer | /x | Noun |
| business | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| cadet | x/ | Noun |
| camera | /xx | Noun |
| cameraman | /xxx | Noun |
| captain | /x | Noun, Verb |
| carpenter | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| chauffeur | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| cheated | /x | Adjective |
| chef | / | Noun, Verb |
| citizens | /xx | Verb |
| civic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| civil | /x | Adjective, Name |
| civilian | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| clandestine | x/x | Adjective |
| cloistered | /x | Adjective |
| close | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| clue | / | Noun, Verb |
| colonel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| comedian | x/xx | Noun |
| commercial | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| commoner | /xx | Noun |
| confidential | xx/x | Adjective |
| constable | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| contraband | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cook | / | Noun, Verb |
| cop | / | Noun, Verb |
| corporal | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| corporate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| courtesy | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| covert | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| crime | / | Noun, Verb |
| critic | /x | Noun, Verb |
| denied | x/ | Verb |
| deprivation | xx/x | Noun |
| deprived | x/ | Adjective |
| detecting | x/x | Noun |
| detection | x/x | Noun |
| diary | /xx | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| dick | / | Noun, Verb |
| dirty | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| discovery | x/xx | Noun |
| discreet | x/ | Adjective |
| discrete | x/ | Adjective |
| diversified | x/xx | Adjective |
| divested | x/x | Verb |
| doctor | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dressmaker | /xx | Noun |
| drew | / | Noun |
| drummer | /x | Noun |
| electrician | xx/x | Noun |
| especially | x/x | Adverb |
| exclusive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| extracurricular | xxx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| eye | / | Noun, Verb |
| fbi | x | Name |
| fiction | /x | Noun |
| folk | / | Noun, Adjective |
| footloose | /x | Adjective |
| for | / | Noun |
| fuzz | / | Noun, Verb |
| golfer | /x | Noun |
| grandfather | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| hairdresser | /xx | Noun |
| hamilton | /xx | Name |
| historian | x/xx | Noun |
| hoc | / | Name |
| hume | / | Name |
| illicit | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| independent | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| individual | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| inner | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| inspecting | x/x | Noun |
| inspection | x/x | Noun |
| inspectorate | x/xx | Noun |
| insular | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| intimate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| investigation | xxx/x | Noun |
| inward | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| jockey | /x | Noun, Verb |
| journalist | /xx | Noun |
| kelly | /x | Name |
| landed | /x | Adjective |
| lawyer | /x | Noun, Verb |
| liberal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| lieutenant | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| life | / | Noun, Verb |
| mallory | /xx | Name |
| mere | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| midwife | /x | Noun, Verb |
| mine | / | Noun, Verb |
| mystery | /xx | Noun |
| nationalised | /xx | Verb, Adjective, Name |
| nationalized | /xxx | Verb, Adjective |
| nongovernmental | xxx/x | Adjective |
| nonprofit | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| nonpublic | x/x | Adjective |
| novel | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| office | /x | Noun, Verb |
| offstage | // | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| open | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| ordinary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| own | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| particular | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| particularly | x/xxx | Adverb |
| patron | /x | Noun, Verb |
| personal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| personnel | xx/ | Noun |
| pinkerton | /xx | Name |
| police | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| policeman | x/x | Noun |
| pornographic | xx/x | Adjective |
| pound | / | Noun, Verb |
| prisoner | /xx | Noun |
| privacy | /xx | Noun |
| privately | /xx | Adverb |
| privatization | /xx/x | Noun |
| privatized | /xx | Verb |
| privy | /x | Name, Adjective |
| profit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| property | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| proprietary | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| public | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| reasoning | /xx | Noun |
| reclusive | x/x | Adjective |
| reputable | /xxx | Adjective |
| retail | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| room | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| sacred | /x | Adjective |
| sarge | / | Name, Verb |
| scott | / | Name |
| secluded | x/x | Adjective |
| secondary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| secrecy | /xx | Noun |
| secret | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| secretive | /xx | Adjective |
| sensationalist | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| sequestered | x/x | Adjective |
| sergeant | /x | Noun |
| servants | /x | Noun |
| serving | /x | Noun |
| sherlock holmes | /x/ | Name, Name |
| simple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| sir | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| snobbish | /x | Adjective |
| soldier | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sorry | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| specialized | /xx | Adjective |
| specially | /xx | Adverb |
