| 100% | EER | 3 | "I am worse than ___ I was": "King Lear" |
| 70% | ITSBAD | 6 | "The situation is worse than I thought" |
| 69% | AMAN | 4 | "I am __ / More sinn'd against than sinning": King Lear |
| 52% | DEES | 4 | Grades that are worse than "cees" |
| 52% | BARK | 4 | "His ___ is worse than his bite" |
| 52% | CURE | 4 | "The ___ is worse than the disease" |
| 52% | ENEMY | 5 | "No ___ is worse than bad advice": Sophocles |
| 52% | NONE | 4 | This is worse than a bad excuse |
| 51% | DISEASE | 7 | The remedy may be worse than this |
| 51% | PAPERTIGER | 10 | Its roar is worse than its bite |
| 51% | ATTACKDOG | 9 | Its bite is worse than its bark |
| 51% | BARK | 4 | It may be worse than a bite |
| 50% | EVEN | 4 | "This is ___ worse than it looks" |
| 50% | WOE | 3 | "___ is me" ("Things are bad") |
| 50% | PAPERTIGER | 10 | Party boss whose bark is worse than his bite |
| 49% | BARK | 4 | Dog's sound that might be worse than its bite |
| 49% | SAXONY | 6 | Henry I was its first king |
| 48% | ANGER | 5 | "Touch me with noble ___": King Lear |
| 48% | KILL | 4 | Terminate king and I will follow |
| 48% | RIZZO | 5 | "Grease" character who sings "There Are Worse Things I Could Do" |
| 48% | ONCELER | 7 | Character who sings "How Bad Can I Be?" in The Lorax |
| 48% | CHOKES | 6 | Performs way worse than is expected, say |
| 48% | IMTOAST | 7 | "This is looking extremely bad for me!" |
| 48% | GULP | 4 | [This is looking very bad for me] |
| 47% | RIZZO | 5 | Character in "Grease" who sings "There Are Worse Things I Could Do" |
| 47% | CAIN | 4 | Biblical person who says "My punishment is greater than I can bear" |
| 47% | LAHR | 4 | "If I were king of the forest ..." singer |
| 47% | LAHR | 4 | ''If I Were King of the Forest'' singer |
| 46% | SEX | 3 | "Think you I am no stronger than my __": Portia |
| 46% | THY | 3 | "___ love is better than high birth to me": Shak. |