| 100% | IMBUE | 5 | Dye, saturate with a different shade |
| 50% | STREAKED | 8 | Dyed some strands of hair with a different color |
| 48% | DYES | 4 | Turns a different shade, say |
| 47% | ALIAS | 5 | Lisa worked with a different name |
| 47% | LAMP | 4 | Home furnishing product with a shade |
| 47% | TOMATO | 6 | Word often repeated with a different pronunciation |
| 47% | MIKE | 4 | Stage prop with a different spelling nowadays |
| 46% | SNL | 3 | TV prog. with a different host each week |
| 46% | HATEWATCH | 9 | Stream with a lot of shade? |
| 46% | RECOLOR | 7 | Try a different dye |
| 45% | HOMONYM | 7 | Word sounding like another but with a different meaning |
| 45% | SNL | 3 | Comedy series with a different host each week: Abbr. |
| 45% | LAMP | 4 | Electric light with a shade |
| 45% | LAMP | 4 | Light fixture with a shade |
| 44% | SNL | 3 | Comedy show with a different guest host each week: Abbr. |
| 44% | SNL | 3 | Comedy show with a different musical guest each week: Abbr. |
| 44% | DIE | 3 | Cube with a different number of pips on each side |
| 44% | HARDAWAY | 8 | In a different direction, with force |
| 44% | LEMONMERINGUEPIG | 16 | Dessert with a really different aftertaste? |
| 43% | TRES | 4 | French 101 word or, with a different meaning, Spanish 101 word |
| 43% | SNL | 3 | Show with a different host and musical guest each episode: Abbr. |
| 43% | MADDER | 6 | Climbing plant with a dye-yielding root |
| 43% | SALON | 5 | Place with a "do or dye" situation? |
| 43% | RENTSTRIKE | 10 | Protest seeking a different arrangement with landlords |
| 43% | ROCKANDROLLSTAR | 15 | One with a guitar and shades, stereotypically |
| 43% | LEGUP | 5 | Metaphor equivalent to "helping hand," expressed with a different appendage: 2 wds. |
| 43% | HETERONYM | 9 | Word spelled identically to another but with a different pronunciation and meaning |
| 42% | DUB | 3 | Provide with a soundtrack in a different language |
| 42% | LAMP | 4 | Household item with a bulb and a shade |
| 42% | OPI | 3 | Nail polish brand with a Bubble Bath shade |