| 100% | SCHMO | 5 | Hard-to-like person |
| 90% | THAI | 4 | Like people native to Bangkok |
| 89% | RARE | 4 | Hard to find, like vintage comics |
| 89% | DENSE | 5 | Hard to see through, like fog |
| 89% | TOUGH | 5 | Hard to cut, like some steak |
| 89% | CATCHY | 6 | Hard to forget, like a tune |
| 85% | EAGER | 5 | Like people who can't wait to start |
| 85% | HAM | 3 | Hard person to direct |
| 84% | IRATE | 5 | Like people writing to their members of Congress, often |
| 82% | LONEWOLF | 8 | Person who likes to go solo |
| 81% | ICEBERG | 7 | Hard-to-get-to-know person, so to speak |
| 81% | NOSY | 4 | Like people who say “I don’t mean to pry, but . . .” |
| 80% | DOER | 4 | Person who doesn’t like to idle |
| 79% | CHALLENGE | 9 | Something hard to be done is a __, like a dare |
| 79% | NUDIST | 6 | Person who doesn't like to wear clothes |
| 79% | EARLYBIRD | 9 | Person who likes to get up at dawn |
| 79% | HAZY | 4 | Like recollections of people trying to avoid perjury? |
| 79% | OMEN | 4 | Like an eclipse, to people in olden days |
| 79% | BOSSY | 5 | Like someone who tells people what to do |
| 79% | PANSEXUAL | 9 | Like someone attracted to people of all genders |
| 79% | SHY | 3 | Like someone likely to hide from people, say |
| 79% | SEXY | 4 | Like John Krasinski, apparently, according to People magazine |
| 78% | PILL | 4 | Hard-to-take person |
| 78% | LIAR | 4 | Hard-to-trust person |
| 78% | ENIGMAS | 7 | Hard-to-read people |
| 78% | NATURAL | 7 | Person who doesn't have to try very hard |
| 77% | NIGHTOWL | 8 | Person who likes to stay up late: 2 wds. |
| 77% | ABES | 4 | People who try to be like someone else: wann___ |
| 77% | SOCIABLE | 8 | People or animals who like to be with others |
| 77% | JOINHANDS | 9 | People link like this to sing Auld Lang Syne |