| 100% | LEADDOG | 7 | It's never a poodle in the Iditarod |
| 53% | KITE | 4 | It's like a diamond in the sky |
| 52% | ATM | 3 | It's called a cashpoint in the U.K. |
| 51% | ICE | 3 | It's never in a neat order |
| 51% | MINUET | 6 | It's done in the form of an S or a Z |
| 50% | DIAPER | 6 | It's called a "nappy" in the U.K. |
| 50% | SKY | 3 | It's the limit, in a saying |
| 49% | LATE | 4 | It's better than never, in a saying |
| 49% | DELANO | 6 | It's the "D" in a presidential monogram |
| 49% | BAM | 3 | It's a hit in the comics |
| 49% | ISLE | 4 | It's a dot in the sea |
| 49% | KABOOM | 6 | It's a blast in the comics |
| 48% | SUN | 3 | It's blocked by the moon in a solar eclipse |
| 48% | PAIN | 4 | It's weakness leaving the body, in a motivational platitude |
| 48% | ICECUBE | 7 | It's a "rock" in "on the rocks": 2 wds. |
| 48% | NET | 3 | It's in the middle of a tennis court |
| 48% | ICECREAM | 8 | It's in the middle of a baked Alaska |
| 47% | NET | 3 | It's in the middle of a court at Wimbledon |
| 47% | HALFMOON | 8 | It's seen in the middle of a quarter |
| 47% | TENNESSEETITANS | 15 | A.F.C. South team ("Look in the lake! It's … ah, never mind") |
| 47% | PRADA | 5 | It's what the Devil wears, in a Meryl Streep film title |
| 47% | ONE | 3 | It's in the upper-left corner of a telephone keypad |
| 47% | TRAGEDY | 7 | In theater, it's the opposite of a comedy |
| 46% | ANSWER | 6 | It's given in the form of a question on "Jeopardy!" |
| 46% | ANTE | 4 | It's usually put in the middle of a table |
| 46% | ISLAND | 6 | *Sun-soaked vacation spot in the sea with a hushed "s" in its name |
| 45% | AXEL | 4 | It may be a double in the Olympics |
| 45% | MIMOSA | 6 | It may create a buzz in the morning |
| 45% | TAXI | 4 | It might make a career in the city |
| 45% | TOWN | 4 | It may have a square in the middle |