| 100% | OUTEATS | 7 | Bests in a Fourth of July hot dog contest, say |
| 60% | OUTATE | 6 | Bested in a hot dog contest, say |
| 54% | OUTATE | 6 | Bested in a hot dog contest |
| 49% | OUTATE | 6 | Defeated in a hot dog contest, say |
| 46% | OUTLASTS | 8 | Bests in a staring contest, say |
| 46% | OUTEAT | 6 | Best in a hot dog competition |
| 43% | NATHANS | 7 | Sponsor of a July 4th hot dog eating contest |
| 41% | O/UTEAT | 7 | Best at a hot dog contest |
| 40% | OUTEAT | 6 | Surpass in a hot dog contest |
| 40% | OUTEAT | 6 | Defeat in a hot dog contest |
| 40% | OUTEAT | 6 | Beat in a hot dog contest |
| 39% | OUTEAT | 6 | Beat at a Nathan's hot dog contest, say |
| 38% | OUTATE | 6 | Bested in a pie contest |
| 37% | OUTACT | 6 | Best in a film audition, say |
| 37% | OUTATE | 6 | Beat in a Nathan's hot dog contest, e.g. |
| 35% | OCTET | 5 | Hot dog buns in a pack, often |
| 34% | OUTEAT | 6 | Best in an annual Nathan's contest, say |
| 34% | OUTEAT | 6 | Beat in a pie contest, say |
| 34% | ADOPT | 5 | Take in a stray dog, say |
| 34% | RACED | 5 | Participated in a contest of speed |
| 34% | ROADS | 5 | In a saying, all of them lead to Rome |
| 34% | SKINNED | 7 | In need of a Band-Aid, say |
| 34% | BORN | 4 | "___ on the Fourth of July," a 1989 war drama starring Tom Cruise |
| 33% | ORIENTED | 8 | Interested in a particular type of thing, say |
| 33% | OILY | 4 | In need of a shampoo, say |
| 33% | PARKEDILLEGALLY | 15 | In front of a hydrant, say |
| 33% | FOR | 3 | In favour of a number, say |
| 33% | LOSING | 6 | In need of a rally, say |
| 33% | TIRED | 5 | In need of a break, say |
| 33% | TENSE | 5 | In need of a massage, say |