| 100% | AVAIL | 5 | "We tried, but alas, to no ___" |
| 58% | RANOUTOFRUNWAY | 14 | "I decided to try operating an airport, but just before launch we …" |
| 48% | PLAYINGCARD | 11 | Trying to show no signs of life |
| 48% | DIETER | 6 | Tried, unsuccessfully but with energy, to lose weight? |
| 47% | ITCANTHURT | 10 | "There's no downside to trying!" |
| 47% | WHAT | 4 | *"___ if we tried this?" a way to introduce a possible solution |
| 46% | RAN | 3 | Tried to beat Usain Bolt (and failed miserably, no doubt) |
| 46% | WEKNOW | 6 | "That's no surprise to any of us" |
| 46% | WEGETIT | 7 | "Yeah, yeah, no need to keep telling us" |
| 46% | WEGETIT | 7 | “Yeah, yeah, no need to keep telling us” |
| 45% | AVAIL | 5 | "But to no __" |
| 45% | SNOW | 4 | Since we've no place to go, let it __ |
| 45% | LITTLEDIDWEKNOW | 15 | "It was unfamiliar to us at the time, but . . ." |
| 45% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | I Cain't Say No to this US state |
| 44% | HILLTOP | 7 | There's no place to go but down from here |
| 44% | HOWCOULDIREFUSE | 15 | "There was no choice but for me to say yes!" |
| 44% | NAMES | 5 | They belong to us but are only used by others |
| 44% | NAMES | 5 | They belong to us but are given by our parents |
| 44% | ACTA | 4 | ''Let us no longer __ farce by pretending to it'': Washington |
| 44% | SHH | 3 | [Some of us are trying to watch the movie here!] |
| 44% | ITSUSELESS | 10 | "We tried, but this won't work" |
| 43% | ICANT | 5 | "Would love to, but alas" |
| 43% | SEEDS | 5 | "They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were ___" |
| 43% | OLE | 3 | "She tried to cons__ him but he pushed her gently away" |
| 43% | PLATYPUS | 8 | It is similar to a duck, but no duck at all |
| 42% | DIDNTSCALEWELL | 14 | "When that fell through, I tried my hand at fishmongering, but we …" |
| 42% | ATREE | 5 | Answer to the joke: "What has lots of bark, but no bite?" |
| 42% | CENT | 4 | Word on the back of a penny, but no other US coin |
| 42% | NBA | 3 | Org. whose members fly around the nation, but try not to travel |
| 42% | USE | 3 | Prefix for "less", when trying to say that something has no application |