| 100% | STUBBLE | 7 | Hairs growing back after a few days of not shaving |
| 36% | JETLAG | 6 | Vacation souvenir that goes away after a few days |
| 34% | UNSHAVEN | 8 | Like someone with a few days' worth of stubble |
| 34% | WAGE | 4 | Earned after a day of work |
| 33% | PHANTOMTHREAD | 13 | Sensation experienced after a long day of sewing |
| 32% | NEAT | 4 | Not having a hair out of place |
| 32% | TIDY | 4 | Not a hair out of place, say |
| 32% | THEBIGPEELS | 11 | Story of a noir detective looking radiant after a few trips to the day spa? |
| 32% | COWLICK | 7 | Sign of a bad hair day |
| 31% | ROAN | 4 | Reddish-brown horse with a few whitish hairs (anagram of "nora") |
| 31% | MANE | 4 | Hair on the back of a donkey's neck |
| 31% | FRONTEND | 8 | Not the back of a website, what the user sees |
| 30% | SKILODGE | 8 | Where to hang out after a day of enjoying snowy slopes: 2 wds. |
| 30% | WHISKER | 7 | A long hair growing from the snout of a cat |
| 30% | HAT | 3 | Article of clothing that could cause a bad hair day |
| 30% | COWLICK | 7 | Lock of hair growing in a different direction |
| 29% | PANT | 4 | What dogs often do after a few rounds of "Go fetch" |
| 29% | LOAD | 4 | A few bricks short of a ___ (not very bright) |
| 29% | USCENSUS | 8 | Once-per-decade count tabulated on the first day of April (and certainly not a prank) |
| 29% | DRYHEAT | 7 | Feature of a 95° day in Phoenix, but not Miami |
| 29% | SCENES | 6 | People who are apoplectic don't really care if they make a few of these or not |
| 29% | TIMEOFF | 7 | A few days' break from work |
| 28% | EERIE | 5 | Like a coincidence that raises the hair on the back of your neck |
| 28% | ETC | 3 | Abbr. after a few examples |
| 28% | ERIS | 4 | Goddess of strife who incited the Trojan War after not getting a wedding invitation |
| 28% | KELP | 4 | Part of a forest that can grow as fast as two feet a day |
| 28% | SOME | 4 | A few of |
| 28% | SIDEBURNS | 9 | Areas of hair grown down the sides of a man's face |
| 28% | THOR | 4 | God with a day of the week named after him |
| 28% | SUN | 3 | Star that a day of the week is named after |