| 100% | ASHY | 4 | Like a barbecue pit after it's been used |
| 51% | ASHY | 4 | Like a used barbecue pit |
| 51% | ASHY | 4 | Like a hibachi after being used |
| 49% | STUB | 4 | What's left of a ticket after it's been used |
| 49% | SHORN | 5 | Like a sheep, after its wool is cut off |
| 47% | ASHY | 4 | Like a barbecue pit |
| 44% | LOG | 3 | A tree after it's been chopped down |
| 44% | TOLLBAR | 7 | It's raised after a payment is collected |
| 43% | TOWEL | 5 | It's used to dry off after a swim |
| 43% | PRAYERBOOK | 10 | It's bound to be of use to a churchgoer |
| 42% | OLE | 3 | It may be heard after a bull's charge |
| 42% | RALE | 4 | It may be heard after a smoker’s cough |
| 42% | WAXES | 5 | Polishes a car after it's been washed |
| 42% | FOUNDMISSING | 12 | Like a stolen object, when it's not where it's supposed to be |
| 41% | HYMNAL | 6 | It's bound to be used in a service |
| 41% | HYMNAL | 6 | It's bound to be used by a congregant |
| 41% | EAGER | 5 | Like a beaver, it is said |
| 41% | INKY | 4 | Like one's fingers after using a leaky pen |
| 41% | GAT | 3 | It may be used in a rubout |
| 41% | TNT | 3 | It may be used with a plunger |
| 41% | FILE | 4 | It may be used on a nail |
| 41% | SALT | 4 | It may be used in a pinch |
| 41% | LOOSER | 6 | Like a screw after being turned counterclockwise |
| 40% | NOONE | 5 | "___ knows what it's like, to be a bad man": 2 wds |
| 40% | SITAR | 5 | It may be used to play a raga |
| 40% | HOE | 3 | It can be used when making a bed |
| 40% | HAY | 3 | It may be used to stuff a scarecrow |
| 40% | REIN | 4 | It may be used to steer a steed |
| 40% | NYLON | 5 | It can be used to make a racket |
| 40% | STUMP | 5 | Bottom bit of a tree left after it's been cut down |