| 100% | ULNA | 4 | It’s not exactly humerus (but it’s close) |
| 56% | DECAF | 5 | It's not exactly a pick-me-up |
| 53% | INAWAY | 6 | "Not exactly, but close ..." |
| 53% | BYFAR | 5 | ". . . and it's not close" |
| 52% | NEARMISS | 8 | Very close to target, but not hitting it |
| 52% | HOTPACK | 7 | It’s microwaved but not eaten |
| 52% | MEH | 3 | "It's not bad, but it's also not great" |
| 51% | DAREIASK | 8 | “Maybe it’s better not knowing, but . . .” |
| 51% | NEARMISS | 8 | It's close but gets no cigar |
| 51% | REISSUE | 7 | It's newly available, but not new |
| 50% | TAMBOURINE | 10 | It's shaken but not stirred |
| 50% | NOISE | 5 | It’s heard, but not seen |
| 50% | COIN | 4 | It's spendable but not bendable |
| 50% | SPORK | 5 | It's a portmanteau, but not for "salt pork" |
| 50% | SKORT | 5 | It's a portmanteau, but not for "ski resort" |
| 50% | SMOG | 4 | It's a portmanteau, but not for "small dog" |
| 50% | FAD | 3 | It's in, but not for long |
| 49% | OKAY | 4 | Whitney Houston's "It's Not Right but It's ___" |
| 48% | MEH | 3 | “It’s not exactly groundbreaking” |
| 48% | YOUDBESETONSTUNNING | 19 | "I know it's not my business, but if you were a laser ..." |
| 48% | HAIRBRUSH | 9 | Use this to style locks, but it's not a comb |
| 48% | DOYOU | 5 | "That's not my thing, but go for it" |
| 48% | BYTE | 4 | It's made up of bits, but not pieces |
| 47% | DISLOCATES | 10 | Yanks your humerus out of its socket (and it's not humorous) |
| 47% | DOYOU | 5 | "Hey, that's not my thing, but go for it" |
| 47% | OPENSECRET | 10 | It's hush-hush in theory, but not in practice |
| 47% | ASH | 3 | It's flicked from a cigar but not a pipe |
| 47% | GLAMPING | 8 | Not exactly roughing it |
| 47% | ISH | 3 | Not exactly but kinda |
| 46% | ASH | 3 | It's flicked from a cigarette but not an e-cigarette |