| 100% | ONEANDDONE | 10 | Like a team that loses in the first round |
| 60% | UVA | 3 | #1 seed that lost in the first round of 2018's NCAA tournament |
| 52% | UNBEATABLE | 10 | Like a team that never loses |
| 49% | METS | 4 | M.L.B. team that was the first to trade a player for himself (Harry Chiti in 1962) |
| 49% | SNUG | 4 | Like a sweater that shrank in the dryer, maybe |
| 47% | USSR | 4 | Team that lost the Miracle on Ice, in 1980: Abbr. |
| 47% | RAMS | 4 | Team that lost to the Patriots in the 2019 Super Bowl |
| 46% | IRAN | 4 | Team that lost to the U.S. in the 2022 FIFA World Cup |
| 46% | OILERS | 6 | Team that won the first A.F.L. championship |
| 46% | METS | 4 | Team that the Yankees face in a Subway Series |
| 46% | NETS | 4 | N.B.A. team that recently agreed to its first trade with the Knicks in over 40 years |
| 46% | ORAL | 4 | Like a thermometer that's put in the mouth |
| 45% | LASVEGASACES | 12 | Team that lost to the 45-Across in the 2020 WNBA Finals (3 wds.) |
| 45% | RARE | 4 | Like a steak that's still red in the middle |
| 45% | RARE | 4 | Like a steak that's still pink in the middle |
| 45% | RARE | 4 | Like a steak that’s deep red in the middle |
| 45% | WIN | 3 | Premiering in 2025! "___ or Lose," Pixar's animated TV series that captures the ups and downs of a middle school softball team |
| 45% | NINEHOLE | 8 | Like a round of golf that features half of the course |
| 45% | CAPSIZED | 8 | Like a boat that's been turned over in the water |
| 45% | ACTIVE | 6 | Like a volcano that's likely to erupt in the future |
| 44% | METS | 4 | MLB team that lost to the Royals in the 2015 World Series |
| 44% | SOMBER | 6 | Like the mood in a losing locker room |
| 44% | BOSTONBRUINS | 12 | NHL team that lost to 44-Across in the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals (2 wds.) |
| 44% | PADRES | 6 | San Diego team that lost to the Phillies in late October |
| 44% | SHOE | 4 | First thing lost in the "For Want of a Nail" proverb |
| 44% | USSR | 4 | Team that lost to the American hockey team in the "Miracle on Ice" at the 1980 Olympics: Abbr. |
| 43% | TENTH | 5 | Like the first extra inning in a baseball game |
| 43% | ASTROS | 6 | Texas MLB team that lost to the Rays in the 2020 ALCS |
| 43% | LYNX | 4 | Minnesota WNBA team that lost to the 45-Across in the 2020 semifinals |
| 42% | NEWYORKMETS | 11 | NL East team that lost 101 games in 1967, then won the World Series two years later: 3 wds. |