| 100% | WISE | 4 | Like an owl in a simile |
| 94% | WISE | 4 | Like an owl, in a simile |
| 59% | BENT | 4 | Like an arm in a sling |
| 59% | BENT | 4 | Like an arm in a shoulder sling |
| 57% | SCARLET | 7 | Like an A in literature |
| 56% | OLD | 3 | Like the hills, in a simile |
| 55% | MOSSY | 5 | Like an old rock in a stream |
| 54% | BRAY | 4 | Behave like an ass, in a way |
| 53% | VOLUME | 6 | Single book in a series, like an encyclopedia |
| 53% | NAKED | 5 | Like a jaybird, in an idiom |
| 52% | WORMY | 5 | Like an apple with a hole in it, perhaps |
| 52% | OAKEN | 5 | Like a bucket in an old song |
| 52% | NEAT | 4 | In an orderly condition, like a cupboard |
| 52% | LAGOONAL | 8 | Like a shallow bay in an atoll |
| 51% | NEAREST | 7 | Like a relative notified in an emergency, maybe |
| 51% | EARLY | 5 | Like six in the morning, to a night owl |
| 50% | ATTACH | 6 | Include, like a file in an email |
| 49% | EVACUATE | 8 | Leave a building or place, like in an emergency |
| 49% | CROSSTHEROAD | 12 | Make like a chicken in an age-old joke |
| 49% | WISE | 4 | Like an owl? |
| 49% | WISE | 4 | Like an owl |
| 48% | WISE | 4 | Like an owl, proverbially |
| 48% | WISE | 4 | Like an owl, supposedly |
| 48% | WISE | 4 | Like an owl, idiomatically |
| 48% | SHADY | 5 | Like a drug deal under an oak tree, in more ways than one |
| 47% | STUBBED | 7 | Like an injured toe, often as a result of wandering to the washroom at three in the morning |
| 47% | CLOSESET | 8 | Like an owl's eyes |
| 47% | ABC | 3 | Pie equivalent, in a simile |
| 47% | SNUG | 4 | Like a bug in a rug, according to an expression |
| 47% | UNEARNED | 8 | Like a run scored from an error, in baseball |