| 100% | TESTY | 5 | Having a short fuse |
| 100% | IRASCIBLE | 9 | Having a short fuse |
| 100% | HOTHEADED | 9 | Having a short fuse |
| 69% | BOBHAIRED | 9 | Having a short cut |
| 69% | TESTY | 5 | Having a short temper |
| 69% | SPAN | 4 | Have a short attention ___ |
| 69% | TAKETEN | 7 | Have a short break |
| 67% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Have a short break (2 wds.) |
| 66% | HOTHEAD | 7 | One with a short fuse |
| 65% | TESTY | 5 | Like someone with a short fuse |
| 61% | INHD | 4 | Having a very sharp picture, for short |
| 61% | OREO | 4 | Cookie that had a short-lived Big Stuf edition |
| 60% | MANE | 4 | A zebra has a short one |
| 60% | FUSE | 4 | A hothead has a short one |
| 60% | STEM | 4 | A snifter has a short one |
| 59% | HIDEF | 5 | Having a crystal-clear television picture, for short: Hyph. |
| 59% | MLK | 3 | "I have a dream" orator, for short |
| 58% | ATM | 3 | Device that usually has a touchscreen, for short |
| 58% | NES | 3 | Console that had a "Zapper" accessory, for short |
| 57% | CEO | 3 | One who might have a corner office, for short |
| 57% | TAT | 3 | Art that may have a tribal design, for short |
| 57% | STEM | 4 | A flute might have a short one |
| 57% | OCD | 3 | A germophobe might have it, for short |
| 57% | HRS | 3 | A day has twenty-four, for short |
| 56% | DANA | 4 | ___ Carvey, former SNL cast member who also had a short-lived self-titled show |
| 56% | CAMI | 4 | Garment that might have a built-in bra, for short |
| 55% | HRS | 3 | A Day has 24 of these, for short |
| 55% | PJS | 3 | A family might have matching ones, for short |
| 55% | MLKJR | 5 | "I have a dream" civil rights leader, for short: 2 wds. |
| 55% | TEE | 3 | One may have a band's name on it, for short |