| 100% | RIPE | 4 | Good for fruit, bad for socks? |
| 59% | TIRED | 5 | Good for cars, bad for runners? |
| 55% | SLANG | 5 | Bad, for good |
| 55% | REP | 3 | Good name, or bad, for short |
| 54% | VIRAL | 5 | Good for Internet articles, bad for diseases? |
| 53% | BREAKTHROUGH | 12 | Good for a scientist, bad for a roofer |
| 52% | SUCHASITIS | 10 | For better or worse |
| 52% | SHORTCIRCUIT | 12 | Good for a mail carrier, bad for an electrician |
| 52% | BRIEFOUTLINE | 12 | Good for an attorney, bad for a Spandex model |
| 52% | HOPE | 4 | "___ for the best but prepare for the worst." |
| 52% | HOPE | 4 | "___ for the best, but prepare for the worst" |
| 52% | HOPE | 4 | "___ for the best but prepare for the worst" |
| 52% | SUNKCOSTFALLACY | 15 | Rationale for "throwing good money after bad" |
| 52% | PRUNES | 6 | Stewed __, fruit good for your digestive system |
| 52% | CLIMATE | 7 | The Mediterranean __ is good for growing fruits |
| 52% | EST | 3 | Suffix for the best or the worst |
| 51% | NOTHINGTODECLARE | 16 | Good for a returning traveler, bad for a bridge player |
| 51% | THIRDDEGREE | 11 | Good for a doctoral student, bad for a crime suspect |
| 51% | CENTERSPREAD | 12 | Good for a magazine writer, bad for a couch potato |
| 51% | FALLINGSTAR | 11 | Good for a wish maker, bad for a Hollywood agent |
| 51% | OVERCOMPENSATION | 16 | Good for a wage earner, bad for a tightrope walker |
| 51% | FLAT | 4 | Good for a bike route, bad for a bike tire |
| 51% | BLOWOUT | 7 | Good for your hair and bad if you're driving |
| 51% | UGLI | 4 | Good fruit with a bad name? |
| 51% | REP | 3 | Good or bad name, for short |
| 49% | ELLY | 4 | "For Better or for Worse" matriarch |
| 49% | ELLY | 4 | "For Better or for Worse" mom |
| 49% | CASTONESLOTWITH | 15 | Join, for better or worse |
| 49% | BITE | 4 | Something good for an angler, bad for a dog trainer |
| 49% | LYNN | 4 | "For Better or for Worse" cartoonist Johnston |