| 100% | ALSO | 4 | ___-ran (participant who did not win) |
| 60% | LOST | 4 | Did not win |
| 59% | LOSES | 5 | Does not win, say |
| 56% | OUTSIDER | 8 | Someone who does not belong |
| 55% | STOIC | 5 | One who does not exhibit emotions |
| 55% | LIAR | 4 | Someone who does not tell the truth |
| 55% | ATHEIST | 7 | Someone who does not acknowledge any God |
| 55% | DEIST | 5 | One who does not believe in miracles |
| 55% | PURIST | 6 | Person who does not compromise their tastes |
| 55% | PEYTONMANNING | 13 | Former NFL quarterback who did not play in 2011 due to multiple surgeries and won the Comeback Player of the Year in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 54% | UNITARIAN | 9 | Christian who does not believe in the Trinity |
| 53% | DNF | 3 | Abbreviation for athlete who did not finish a race |
| 53% | RUDE | 4 | Someone who does not mind their manners, a ___ person |
| 53% | SORELOSER | 9 | Bad sport, someone who does not take defeat well |
| 53% | EDNA | 4 | ___ Mode, superhero costume designer who does not like capes |
| 52% | LATECOMER | 9 | Person who did not get to the party on time |
| 52% | MICHAELCOLLINS | 14 | Apollo 11 astronaut who did not walk on the moon |
| 52% | PESCETARIANS | 12 | People who do not eat meat but do eat fish |
| 52% | AGNOSTIC | 8 | One who does not believe nor disbelieve in a God |
| 52% | NOSHOWS | 7 | Passengers who do not turn up for a booked flight |
| 52% | SEPARATED | 9 | A couple who do not stay together or are divorced |
| 52% | OUTSIDER | 8 | A person who does not belong to a particular group |
| 51% | YAO | 3 | Ming who does not make vases, as far as I know |
| 51% | RENEWABLE | 9 | Energy sources that do not run out |
| 50% | CAMERON | 7 | British PM David, who did not support Brexit and resigned in 2016 |
| 50% | EMT | 3 | Firefighter's colleague who does ambulance runs: Abbr. |
| 47% | THOMAS | 6 | ___ Keller, celebrity chef who did not go to culinary school and learned on the job |
| 47% | BUST | 4 | Word used with 6d to refer to a selected player who does not meet expectations |
| 47% | THECOLORPURPLE | 14 | 1985 drama starring Whoopi Goldberg that did not win any Oscars despite 11 nominations: 3 wds. |
| 47% | AMERICANHUSTLE | 14 | 2013 drama starring Amy Adams that did not win any Oscars despite 10 nominations: 2 wds. |