| 100% | RICHARD | 7 | Dick, but longer |
| 68% | PANTS | 5 | Shorts, but longer |
| 61% | STOCKINGS | 9 | Similar to socks but longer |
| 55% | NOVELLA | 7 | Shorter work of fiction, but longer than an essay |
| 55% | MULLET | 6 | Hairstyle: business in front but long at the back |
| 53% | OLD | 3 | No longer new, but possibly improved? |
| 53% | ASS | 3 | Like horse but with long ears |
| 53% | TAKEANAP | 8 | Go out, but not for long? |
| 52% | ATTN | 4 | Memo abbreviation equivalent to “to” or “for,” but longer than either |
| 51% | FAD | 3 | It's in, but not for long |
| 50% | RAT | 3 | Long-tailed rodent similar to, but larger than, a mouse |
| 50% | DEADLETTER | 10 | Law still in effect but no longer enforced |
| 50% | SCENIC | 6 | Taking the __ route: the longer but prettier way |
| 50% | EELS | 4 | Fish that are typically long but not wide |
| 50% | FADS | 4 | Things that are popular but not long-lasting |
| 48% | ANTEATERS | 9 | Animals with no teeth but have long sticky tongues |
| 48% | FAD | 3 | Thing that's very popular, but not for long |
| 47% | TONS | 4 | Heavy weights that are usually short in the US, but long in the UK |
| 47% | ERAS | 4 | Geologic-time units longer than periods but shorter than eons |
| 46% | HARE | 4 | Fast-running animal similar to the rabbit but with longer ears |
| 44% | LAW | 3 | "___ & Order," NBC's long-running legal procedural drama created by Dick Wolf |
| 43% | ASS | 3 | Working animal that resembles a horse but is smaller and with longer ears |
| 43% | DATA | 4 | "The world's most valuable resource is no longer oil, but ___": The Economist |
| 41% | AGO | 3 | "But that was a long time ___ ..." |
| 39% | DELAYEDCALL | 11 | Guy acquires girl's phone number but waits too long to use it; ref signals ... |
| 39% | ARC | 3 | "The ___ of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice": M.L.K. |
| 38% | YOURBREATH | 10 | Riddle-de-dee: What's light as a feather but can't be held for long? |
| 38% | MORAL | 5 | “The arc of the ___ universe is long, but it bends toward justice”: Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| 38% | ARC | 3 | "The ___ of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice" (quote by Dr. King) |
| 37% | OWNUP | 5 | Deny no longer |