| 100% | LITE | 4 | Less than the the full version |
| 56% | MINORITY | 8 | Less than half the whole |
| 55% | MEN | 3 | Less than half the global population |
| 53% | SETTLE | 6 | Go with something less than the best |
| 52% | LOPE | 4 | Less than a full run |
| 52% | AIL | 3 | Be in less than the peak of health |
| 50% | DRY | 3 | Having less vermouth than the norm |
| 49% | ODDLOT | 6 | Stock purchase that's less than the normal amount of shares |
| 49% | SKA | 3 | Genre of the band Less Than Jake |
| 48% | REMY | 4 | Pixar character described as "nothing less than the finest chef in France" |
| 48% | PEAHEN | 6 | A female peacock, less showy than the male |
| 47% | LES | 3 | Nickname that might have "-ley" or "-ter" after it in the full version |
| 47% | ATA | 3 | "I got the product ___ discount." (for lesser than the usual price): 2 wds. |
| 47% | THINS | 5 | Oreo ___ (cookies with fewer calories than the usual version) |
| 47% | BUSH | 4 | Australian wilderness that’s less remote than the outback |
| 47% | WINE | 4 | “___ hath drowned more men than the sea”: Thomas Fuller |
| 46% | RADIOEDIT | 9 | Version of a song that's shorter or cleaner than the original |
| 46% | TENOR | 5 | Type of saxophone that's larger than the alto version |
| 46% | PARSECS | 7 | Han Solo made the Kessel Run in less than 12 __ |
| 46% | INFERIOR | 8 | To be less in quality or success than the others |
| 46% | PARSECS | 7 | Han Solo did the Kessel Run in less than 12 |
| 46% | WANE | 4 | Become less full, as the moon |
| 44% | SAL | 3 | Nickname that might remove "-vatore" from the end of its full version |
| 44% | NOME | 4 | U.S. city less than 150 miles from the International Date Line |
| 43% | HANSOLO | 7 | He claimed to have "made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs" |
| 42% | LITE | 4 | Version of a mobile app that's less challenging than it original |
| 42% | TERN | 4 | The New Zealand fairy variety of this bird was down to less than 50 individuals in 2018 |
| 42% | AIRBAG | 6 | It can inflate to its full capacity in less than a twentieth of a second |
| 42% | PARSECS | 7 | Han Solo claims to have made the Kessel Run in less than 12 of these |
| 41% | YEN | 3 | Solid aluminum coin, less than one inch wide, with a young tree on the obverse side |