| 100% | ELEM | 4 | Like a sch. before middle school |
| 47% | ELEM | 4 | School before middle school: Abbr. |
| 47% | UNCUT | 5 | Like a film before editing |
| 46% | FEUDALISTIC | 11 | Like a Middle Ages social system |
| 46% | HITTABLE | 8 | Like a ball down the middle |
| 46% | PANARAB | 7 | Like a Middle East nationalist movement |
| 46% | ROBED | 5 | Like a boxer before a bout |
| 46% | ROBED | 5 | Like a boxer before a fight |
| 46% | ROBED | 5 | Like a boxer before a match |
| 46% | ELEM | 4 | Like a K-6 school: Abbr. |
| 46% | ATBAR | 5 | Like a case before the court |
| 46% | LINTY | 5 | Like a dryer trap, before cleaning |
| 46% | OBESE | 5 | Like a bear right before hibernation |
| 45% | TAXEXCLUSIVE | 12 | Like a price before levies are added |
| 45% | UNLIT | 5 | Like a menorah's candles before sunset |
| 45% | INCHAOS | 7 | Like a supermarket before a major storm, perhaps |
| 45% | REPAINTED | 9 | Like a home, often, before it's sold |
| 45% | STRAY | 5 | Like a cat before it's adopted, perhaps |
| 45% | SHAKY | 5 | Like a Jenga tower just before toppling, often |
| 45% | OILY | 4 | Like a dipstick before it's wiped clean |
| 44% | ISOLATED | 8 | Like a secluded cabin in the middle of nowhere |
| 44% | ONE | 3 | Like a gas gauge just before a fill-up? |
| 44% | ABSENT | 6 | Like a student who stayed home sick from school |
| 43% | YELLOW | 6 | Like many a school bus |
| 43% | UNMADE | 6 | Like beds before a maid |
| 43% | HALFREAD | 8 | Like a book with a bookmark in the middle, say |
| 43% | RARE | 4 | Like a steak that's still red in the middle |
| 43% | RARE | 4 | Like a steak that's still pink in the middle |
| 43% | RARE | 4 | Like a steak that’s deep red in the middle |
| 43% | UGLY | 4 | Like a fabled duckling before it turned into a swan |