| 100% | ANEAR | 5 | Have ___ miss |
| 95% | ASHORE | 6 | Having missed the boat |
| 95% | ONSHORE | 7 | Having missed the boat? |
| 95% | LATE | 4 | Having missed the boat |
| 95% | LATE | 4 | Having missed the deadline |
| 93% | TARDY | 5 | Having missed the bell, say |
| 89% | MEMO | 4 | "I must have missed the ___" |
| 89% | NEXTTIME | 8 | “Sorry to have missed you!” |
| 87% | MYLOSS | 6 | "I shouldn't have missed it!" |
| 84% | AILED | 5 | Had to miss school, perhaps |
| 84% | BANANAS | 7 | Having a few buttons missing |
| 84% | ABOARD | 6 | Having not missed the bus |
| 79% | LOST | 4 | Something that has gone missing |
| 79% | ITSALOSTCASE | 12 | "My luggage has gone missing!"? |
| 73% | EURO | 4 | What has made some people miss the mark? |
| 72% | SAILED | 6 | What a missed ship has done |
| 72% | AGOODEXCUSE | 11 | What you'd better have if you miss work |
| 71% | GANDER | 6 | Wildly deranged editor missing - have a look! |
| 69% | CONTAINER | 9 | Kitchens have a lot of this item with missing lids |
| 69% | SOS | 3 | Brand name that looks like it has a missing period |
| 65% | PEKINGMAN | 9 | Archaeological discovery of the 1920s whose fossils have been missing since 1941 |
| 65% | LOEB | 4 | Singer Lisa who had the 1994 #1 hit "Stay (I Missed You)" |
| 61% | MENDERLINES | 11 | "When do you need this patched up?," "Do you have the missing button?," etc.? |
| 58% | TARA | 4 | ___ Conner, winner of Miss USA 2006 who had also won Miss Kentucky Teen USA in 2002 |
| 58% | SUSIE | 5 | ___ Castillo, winner of Miss USA 2003 who had also won Miss Massachusetts Teen USA in 1998 |
| 58% | COLE | 4 | Lynnette ___, winner of Miss USA 2000 who had also won Miss Tennessee Teen USA in 1995 |
| 56% | ROSE | 4 | Sarah ___ Summers, winner of Miss USA 2018 who had also won Miss Nebraska Teen USA in 2012 |
| 55% | SASH | 4 | Accessory that may have "Miss Universe" written on it |
| 53% | ELISE | 5 | Moliere miss |
| 53% | GAL | 3 | Country miss |