| 100% | WET | 3 | Like a diaper that needs changing |
| 79% | FLAT | 4 | Like a tire that needs changing |
| 59% | DULL | 4 | Like a pencil that needs sharpening |
| 59% | BLUNT | 5 | Like a pencil that needs sharpening |
| 59% | TORN | 4 | Like a shirt that needs stitches |
| 59% | ICY | 3 | Like a freezer that needs defrosting |
| 59% | EVEN | 4 | Like a score that needs a tiebreaker |
| 58% | STIFF | 5 | Like a muscle that needs a stretch, say |
| 58% | INCODE | 6 | Like a message that needs to be cracked |
| 58% | BAD | 3 | Like a habit that needs to be broken |
| 57% | DUSTY | 5 | Like a shelf that needs to be wiped clean |
| 57% | MUSTY | 5 | Like a basement that needs to be aired out |
| 56% | THICK | 5 | Like a milkshake that needs to be eaten with a spoon |
| 55% | FLAT | 4 | Like a bike tire that needs air |
| 55% | EDITABLE | 8 | Like a document that can be changed |
| 54% | PIECEWISE | 9 | Like a mathematical function that changes at different intervals |
| 53% | BABIES | 6 | Those in need of a change |
| 52% | ICY | 3 | Like a road that might need to have salt poured on it |
| 52% | OIL | 3 | Liquid that needs to be changed regularly in a car |
| 51% | TERN | 4 | A seabird that sounds like it's changing direction |
| 50% | SERVICE | 7 | System that supplies a need like utilities |
| 50% | ANITA | 5 | Name that sounds like "I need a" |
| 50% | DUSTY | 5 | Like furniture that needs a bit of cleaning |
| 50% | INOT | 4 | Like a hockey game that needs an extra period to determine a winner: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ERE | 3 | Preposition that sounds like the name of a basic need |
| 46% | FLAT | 4 | Tire that needs changing |
| 45% | INACAST | 7 | Like an arm with a fracture that needs to heal: 3 wds. |
| 44% | SOOTY | 5 | Like a chimney needing sweeping |
| 43% | DEAD | 4 | Like a battery needing a charge |
| 43% | EMPTY | 5 | Like a cup needing a refill |