| 100% | OUTATE | 6 | Beat in a Nathan's hot dog contest, e.g. |
| 69% | OUTEAT | 6 | Beat at a Nathan's hot dog contest, say |
| 61% | OUTEAT | 6 | Beat in a hot dog contest |
| 60% | OUTEAT | 6 | Beat in a Nathan's contest |
| 56% | OUTATE | 6 | Defeated, as at a Nathan's hot dog contest |
| 53% | EATINGGAME | 10 | Nathan's annual hot-dog contest, e.g.? |
| 49% | MUSTARDYELLOW | 13 | Shade of a Nathan's hot-dog contest winner's belt |
| 47% | OUTEAT | 6 | Beat at a hot dog contest |
| 47% | OUTEAT | 6 | Defeat in a Nathan's Famous contest |
| 46% | OUTEAT | 6 | Surpass in a hot dog contest |
| 46% | OUTEAT | 6 | Defeat in a hot dog contest |
| 46% | OUTATE | 6 | Bested in a hot dog contest |
| 45% | OUTATE | 6 | Bested in a hot dog contest, say |
| 45% | OUTATE | 6 | Defeated in a hot dog contest, say |
| 43% | OUTEATS | 7 | Beats in a pie contest? |
| 43% | CONEY | 5 | Island where Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest takes place |
| 43% | ESPN | 4 | Network that airs Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest |
| 42% | OUTEAT | 6 | Beat in a pie contest, say |
| 42% | WORLDRECORD | 11 | Joey Chestnut's 73.5 hot dogs in 10 minutes, e.g. |
| 40% | OUTEATS | 7 | Bests in a Fourth of July hot dog contest, say |
| 40% | OCTET | 5 | Hot dog buns in a pack, often |
| 39% | JOEYCHESTNUT | 12 | *Winner of the most Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contests (16 as of 2024) |
| 39% | OUTEAT | 6 | Best in a hot dog competition |
| 39% | HMS | 3 | Abbr. in a G. & S. title |
| 38% | IMPLANT | 7 | Microchip in a sci-fi character's brain, e.g. |
| 38% | BUN | 3 | Roll that a hot dog's served in |
| 38% | ALE | 3 | Old Brown Dog in a bar, e.g. |
| 37% | O/UTEAT | 7 | Best at a hot dog contest |
| 36% | SAUSAGE | 7 | Hot dog, e.g. |
| 36% | REMNANT | 7 | Piece of cloth in a quilter's stack, e.g. |