| 100% | MATTE | 5 | Lacking a shine, as paint |
| 54% | DIRECT | 6 | Lacking a stopover, as a flight |
| 53% | APTERAL | 7 | Lacking a surrounding colonnade, as a temple |
| 52% | BLUNT | 5 | Lacking a sharp point, as a fencing sword |
| 52% | DULL | 4 | Lacking shine, as hair |
| 52% | GLEAM | 5 | Shine, as a newly waxed car |
| 52% | SCRAP | 5 | *Removes, as paint from a wall |
| 51% | LAYON | 5 | Apply, as paint or a guilt trip |
| 51% | PRIMER | 6 | Paint applied as a base |
| 50% | VEINLESS | 8 | Lacking ore, as a mountain |
| 50% | THREADY | 7 | Lacking fullness, as a voice |
| 50% | SKETCHY | 7 | Lacking completeness, as a report |
| 50% | DEAD | 4 | Lacking liveliness, as a nightclub |
| 50% | STALE | 5 | Lacking freshness, as a baguette |
| 50% | LIMP | 4 | Lacking firmness, as a handshake |
| 50% | VAGUE | 5 | Lacking details, as a recollection |
| 50% | PUTUP | 5 | Hang, as a painting |
| 50% | REHANG | 6 | Move, as a painting |
| 50% | HANG | 4 | Display, as a painting |
| 49% | SHORN | 5 | Lacking its wool coat, as a sheep |
| 49% | DIM | 3 | Lacking in illumination, as a room |
| 49% | ASKEW | 5 | Crookedly hung, as a painting |
| 49% | HANGS | 5 | Puts up, as a painting |
| 49% | RESTORE | 7 | Touch up, as a painting |
| 49% | HANG | 4 | Put up, as a painting |
| 49% | REHANGS | 7 | Installs again, as a painting |
| 49% | WALLHUNG | 8 | On display, as a painting |
| 49% | POSED | 5 | Sat, as for a painting |
| 49% | HANG | 4 | Install, as a framed painting |
| 48% | ANOMIE | 6 | Lack of values, as in a people |