| 100% | WORSE | 5 | Like a B+, compared to an A- |
| 83% | SEEDIER | 7 | Like a strawberry compared to an apple |
| 72% | OLDER | 5 | Like an adult, compared to a child |
| 72% | OLDER | 5 | Like an adult, compared to a kid |
| 72% | BEST | 4 | Like an A+, compared to all other grades |
| 64% | OLDER | 5 | Like a teen, compared to a tween |
| 64% | SPORTIER | 8 | Like a convertible, compared to a minivan |
| 60% | WRONG | 5 | Like a test answer with an "x" next to it |
| 59% | WORSEONTHEBIBLE | 15 | Like a thumping preacher compared to others? |
| 57% | OGRE | 4 | Creature compared to an onion in a 2001 animated-film classic |
| 57% | REBOUND | 7 | To bounce off, like a ball or an echo |
| 57% | MEATY | 5 | Like a substantial and complicated role, to an actor |
| 57% | REGRADE | 7 | Change a B to an A, say |
| 56% | HAIRIER | 7 | Like a gorilla's body compared to a human's |
| 56% | SNUG | 4 | Like a bug in a rug, according to an expression |
| 56% | HISANDHEIRS | 11 | Like an estate that a father wills to his children? |
| 56% | GROWUP | 6 | Words to an adult acting like a child |
| 56% | WIDER | 5 | Like a four-lane road, compared to a two-lane road |
| 56% | DEFLATE | 7 | To let the air out of an object, like a balloon |
| 55% | ANAL | 4 | Like a Type A person, according to a Type B person, perhaps |
| 55% | POINTING | 8 | Using a finger to indicate an object, like a baby |
| 52% | INOT | 4 | Like a hockey game that needs an extra period to determine a winner: 2 wds. |
| 52% | MISTUNE | 7 | Make a B instead of an A? |
| 52% | BINOMIAL | 8 | Like an "a + b" expression |
| 51% | INACAST | 7 | Like an arm with a fracture that needs to heal: 3 wds. |
| 50% | SRO | 3 | Like a B'way hit |
| 50% | OMEN | 4 | Sign of trouble to some, like an eclipse or a black cat |
| 49% | WIG | 3 | Big ___, rhyming phrase that refers to an important person, like a CEO at a Fortune 500 company |
| 49% | NEEDIER | 7 | Like orchids as compared to cacti |