| 100% | STAGNANT | 8 | Like a river that has stopped moving |
| 51% | ANALOG | 6 | Like a clock that has hands |
| 51% | MALE | 4 | Like a moose that has antlers |
| 51% | ITALIC | 6 | Like a font that has been tilted |
| 50% | BALD | 4 | Like a tire that has no tread left |
| 50% | FLOW | 4 | Move like a river |
| 50% | FLOWS | 5 | Moves like a river |
| 48% | UPROOTED | 8 | Like a tree that has been lifted out of the ground |
| 48% | WHITEKNUCKLE | 12 | Like a ride that has one holding on for dear life |
| 48% | SIXTYWATTEAU | 12 | Like a gallery that has five dozen paintings by artist Antoine? |
| 48% | OFF | 3 | Like a faucet that has been turned all the way clockwise, say |
| 47% | AVOIDABLE | 9 | Like a situation that could have been prevented |
| 47% | ONLOAN | 6 | Like a book that has been checked out from a library: 2 wds. |
| 47% | UNLIT | 5 | Like a cigarette that doesn't have a flame |
| 47% | RIPE | 4 | Like a fruit that's good to be had |
| 46% | ECLECTIC | 8 | Like a style that has a little of this and a little of that |
| 46% | NILE | 4 | River that once had a tributary called the Khufu Branch |
| 46% | ELBE | 4 | European river that sounds like a European island |
| 45% | LATERAL | 7 | Like a career move that doesn't improve salary or title |
| 45% | SKID | 4 | Move like a car that hits a slick patch |
| 45% | ICY | 3 | Like a road that might need to have salt poured on it |
| 45% | WYE | 3 | UK river that sounds like a letter of the alphabet |
| 44% | DOA | 3 | Like a proposal in Congress that has zero chance of passing, in brief |
| 44% | ODD | 3 | Like any integer that has a remainder when divided by two |
| 44% | USED | 4 | Like cars that have a previous owner |
| 43% | APEAR | 5 | A fruit that sounds like you have two of them |
| 43% | FIDDLERONTHEROOK | 16 | Film that has the famous line, "Will you stop doing that and move"? |
| 43% | PARONYM | 7 | Word derived from another that has a related meaning, like "wisdom" from "wise" |
| 42% | COLD | 4 | Like dinner that has been lying for a while |
| 42% | ITCHY | 5 | Like skin that has broken out in a rash |