| 100% | MEAN | 4 | Like a hard-to-hit fastball, in slang |
| 60% | SRO | 3 | Like a show that's hard to get tickets for, in brief |
| 56% | ACDC | 4 | Hard rock band famous for hits like "Back in Black" and "Highway to Hell" |
| 52% | CATCHY | 6 | Hard to forget, like a tune |
| 52% | LIT | 3 | Like a happening party, in slang |
| 51% | GREASED | 7 | Hard to handle, in a way |
| 51% | EELY | 4 | Hard to handle, in a way |
| 51% | INEDIBLE | 8 | Hard to swallow, in a way |
| 51% | ODORLESS | 8 | Hard to detect, in a way |
| 51% | EELY | 4 | Hard to grasp, in a way |
| 51% | TENURED | 7 | Hard to dismiss, in a way |
| 51% | STEEP | 5 | Hard to climb, in a way |
| 51% | ICIER | 5 | Harder to travel, in a way |
| 51% | STEEPER | 7 | Harder to climb, in a way |
| 51% | BAT | 3 | A hard fastball might cause it to shatter |
| 51% | STEEP | 5 | Like a mountain that's hard to climb |
| 51% | RARE | 4 | Like a gem that's hard to find |
| 51% | CRYPTIC | 7 | Like a message that's hard to understand |
| 51% | EERIE | 5 | Like a coincidence that's hard to explain |
| 51% | LIT | 3 | Exciting, like a big party, in current slang |
| 51% | TENURED | 7 | Hard to let go of, in a way |
| 51% | SWUNG | 5 | Tried to hit a fastball, say |
| 51% | RARE | 4 | Like a day in June, according to Lowell |
| 51% | STICKIER | 8 | Harder to let go of, in a way? |
| 51% | LOUD | 4 | Hard to look at, in a way |
| 51% | BLURRED | 7 | Hard to make out, in a way |
| 51% | ATE | 3 | Performed like a diva, in slang |
| 51% | SWAT | 4 | Try to hit, like a housefly |
| 51% | STEEP | 5 | Like a hard-to-climb mountainside |
| 51% | BYZANTINE | 9 | Like a hard-to-navigate bureaucracy |