| 100% | TADPOLE | 7 | Creature that loses its tail |
| 53% | DECIDUOUS | 9 | Tree that loses its leaves annually |
| 52% | FLAT | 4 | Like sparkling water that lost its sparkle |
| 51% | LARCH | 5 | Conifer that loses its leaves in the fall |
| 51% | LARCH | 5 | Conifer that loses its needles in the autumn |
| 51% | DECIDUOUS | 9 | A tree that loses its leaves in winter |
| 51% | IPHONE | 6 | Device that lost its headphone jack in 2016 |
| 51% | BOA | 3 | Creature that swallows its prey whole |
| 50% | TAIPEI | 6 | City that lost its "tallest building" distinction in 2007 |
| 50% | THERMOS | 7 | Container brand that lost its trademark status in 1963 |
| 50% | GECKO | 5 | Creature that can lick its own eyes |
| 49% | EMAIL | 5 | A.P. Stylebook entry that lost its hyphen in 2011 |
| 49% | STARFISH | 8 | Creature that can shed its arms in defense |
| 49% | PREDATOR | 8 | Creature that feeds on animals it has killed |
| 49% | PARASITE | 8 | Creature that feeds off its host, as a tapeworm |
| 49% | ANT | 3 | Creature that can carry many times its body weight |
| 47% | VISA | 4 | Payment card co. that lost its no. 1 spot to UnionPay in 2015 |
| 47% | ALLIGATORS | 10 | Creatures that can regrow a lost tooth up to 50 times |
| 46% | FLEA | 4 | Creature that can leap more than 150 times its own body length (!) |
| 46% | SUDAN | 5 | Country that lost a quarter of its territory in 2011 |
| 46% | TREE | 4 | Christmas ___ worm, sea creature that looks like it has branches |
| 45% | SEATURTLE | 9 | Creature that returns to the beach where it was born for laying eggs |
| 45% | MANTICORE | 9 | Legendary creature that looks like a sphinx with a spiky tail |
| 45% | RED | 3 | ___-lipped batfish, sea creature that looks like it's wearing lipstick |
| 45% | GECKO | 5 | Lizard that can detach its own tail |
| 44% | IGUANA | 6 | Creature whose tail makes up half its body's length |
| 44% | SNAKE | 5 | Creature devouring its own tail in the religious symbol ouroboros |
| 44% | ROO | 3 | Marsupial that uses its tail as a fifth leg, informally |
| 44% | NAG | 3 | Horse that long ago lost all its horsepower |
| 43% | SPONGECRAB | 10 | Crustacean that wears another sea creature on its back |