| 100% | ATBAT | 5 | A walk or a hit by pitch does not count as an official one |
| 39% | ATBAT | 5 | A walk is not counted as one |
| 33% | WALK | 4 | Not a hit or an out |
| 31% | LOSS | 4 | An overtime one counts as a point in the N.H.L. |
| 30% | SAC | 3 | It counts as a plate appearance but not as an at-bat, briefly |
| 30% | DEAD | 4 | *Out of juice, as a phone ... or a word made by changing one letter of 23a |
| 29% | TOY | 3 | Plaything such as an action figure or stuffed animal that one may collect as a hobby |
| 28% | SWIM | 4 | Do the breaststroke or the butterfly stroke as a fun recreational activity on an island, say |
| 28% | BEANED | 6 | Hit by a pitch |
| 28% | SAC | 3 | Type of fly not counted as an at-bat, for short |
| 27% | LOWNOTE | 7 | One hit by a tuba |
| 27% | DIM | 3 | Not all that bright, as a light or a person |
| 27% | RESISTS | 7 | Does not cooperate, as with an arresting officer |
| 27% | END | 3 | A circle does not have one |
| 27% | SLIP | 4 | "___ Slidin' Away," 1977 hit song by Paul Simon ... or what may happen while walking on an icy road |
| 27% | BASSTUBA | 8 | One might hit a very low pitch |
| 27% | ORIGINAL | 8 | Not a replication or copy; an __ work |
| 27% | BLUNT | 5 | Not sharp, as a pencil or knife |
| 27% | MORDOR | 6 | "One does not simply walk into ___," quote by Boromir from "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 26% | CENSUS | 6 | An official count of a country's population |
| 26% | PATENT | 6 | An official document conferring a right or privilege |
| 26% | NAILBITING | 10 | Do a great job as an attack dog? |
| 26% | SKATER | 6 | One doing a kickflip or pop shove-it |
| 26% | WRITER | 6 | A scribe, such as an author or journalist |
| 26% | ARACHNID | 8 | An invertebrate such as a spider or scorpion |
| 26% | FAIR | 4 | Not foul, as a baseball hit |
| 26% | CATCHABLE | 9 | Reachable, as a pass or hit |
| 26% | SUNNI | 5 | One who believes Muhammad did not designate a successor |
| 26% | ARRANGE | 7 | Do the work of a florist or an orchestrator |
| 26% | LIMB | 4 | A body part, such as an arm or leg |