| 100% | ERODED | 6 | Like a seacoast after a storm, maybe |
| 63% | ICY | 3 | Like a sidewalk after a sleet storm |
| 63% | HOARSE | 6 | Like a coach after a rough game, maybe |
| 61% | SOOTY | 5 | Like Santa after a delivery, maybe |
| 60% | ICY | 3 | Like unsalted roads after a winter storm |
| 59% | SNOWLINED | 9 | Like many a road after a winter storm |
| 58% | SORE | 4 | Like legs after a long hike, maybe |
| 58% | ICY | 3 | Like roads after a sleet storm |
| 57% | ICIER | 5 | More slick, like a sidewalk after another winter storm |
| 55% | LEADEN | 6 | Like the feeling of one's legs after a marathon, maybe |
| 54% | ONKP | 4 | Like a G.I. cleaning up after a meal, maybe |
| 54% | ASLEEP | 6 | Like one’s arm after a long cuddle session, maybe |
| 54% | ONEND | 5 | Like hair after being rubbed with a balloon, maybe |
| 51% | AWASH | 5 | Like a sloop in a storm |
| 51% | BUSTEDIN | 8 | Like a door after a raid |
| 51% | AROAR | 5 | Like a stadium after a homer |
| 51% | DAMP | 4 | Like a towel after a shower |
| 51% | AROAR | 5 | Like a crowd after a touchdown |
| 50% | UNSTOPPED | 9 | Like a drain after a drain cleaner |
| 50% | HOARSE | 6 | Like a speaker after a filibuster, perhaps |
| 50% | RESET | 5 | Like a VCR after a power outage |
| 50% | ASHEN | 5 | Like a landscape after a volcanic eruption |
| 50% | SANDY | 5 | Like a towel after a beach day |
| 50% | WET | 3 | Like a player after a Gatorade shower |
| 48% | SWAY | 4 | Move like a tree during a storm |
| 48% | LOBBEDIN | 8 | Like a grenade reaching a bunker, maybe |
| 48% | ONTIPTOE | 8 | Like a burglar or a ballerina, maybe |
| 48% | SLY | 3 | Like a wink or a nudge, maybe |
| 48% | SORE | 4 | Like a muscle after workout |
| 48% | CALM | 4 | Like the eye of a storm |