| 100% | NAKED | 5 | Like a jaybird, in an idiom |
| 63% | CLEAR | 5 | Like mud, in an idiom |
| 62% | OAKEN | 5 | Like a bucket in an old song |
| 59% | NEAT | 4 | In an orderly condition, like a cupboard |
| 58% | NEAREST | 7 | Like a relative notified in an emergency, maybe |
| 58% | TROOPER | 7 | Swear like a __, an armed forces idiom |
| 57% | SCARLET | 7 | Like an A in literature |
| 57% | SNUG | 4 | Like a bug in a rug, according to an expression |
| 56% | BENT | 4 | Like an arm in a sling |
| 56% | WISE | 4 | Like an owl, in a simile |
| 56% | MOSSY | 5 | Like an old rock in a stream |
| 56% | BENT | 4 | Like an arm in a shoulder sling |
| 54% | SHADY | 5 | Like a drug deal under an oak tree, in more ways than one |
| 53% | OSTIATE | 7 | Having an opening, like pores in a sponge |
| 53% | VOLUME | 6 | Single book in a series, like an encyclopedia |
| 52% | NAKED | 5 | Like a jaybird? |
| 50% | CRAW | 4 | Sticking point, in an idiom |
| 50% | SCRATCH | 7 | The beginning, in an idiom |
| 50% | POKE | 4 | Sack holding a pig, in an old idiom |
| 50% | CARROT | 6 | Stick's partner, in an idiom |
| 50% | GNAT | 4 | Strained-at bug, in an idiom |
| 50% | WIDENET | 7 | Something to cast, in an idiom |
| 50% | HAYSTACK | 8 | Needle's place, in an idiom |
| 50% | BARTHEDOOR | 10 | Protect against danger, in an idiom |
| 49% | LENGTHS | 7 | Effort, in an idiom |
| 47% | ATRAP | 5 | Like a rat in ___ |
| 47% | WORMY | 5 | Like an apple with a hole in it, perhaps |
| 47% | ABC | 3 | It can replace "pie" in an idiom |
| 47% | STUBBED | 7 | Like an injured toe, often as a result of wandering to the washroom at three in the morning |
| 47% | PEA | 3 | Like a ___ in a pod |