| 100% | INTRANSIT | 9 | Like packages that have shipped but not arrived |
| 42% | RAW | 3 | Like data that has not been processed |
| 42% | UNMET | 5 | Like needs that have not yet been fulfilled |
| 40% | BISCUIT | 7 | Porcelain that has been fired but not glazed |
| 39% | LARVAE | 6 | Insects that have hatched but are not yet pupae |
| 38% | WAVY | 4 | Like hair that's not straight but not quite curly |
| 37% | CATTRALL | 8 | Actress in “Sex and the City,” but not its reboot, “And Just Like That . . .” |
| 36% | RIPE | 4 | Like an avocado that's soft but not mushy |
| 35% | GREENPEACE | 10 | Environmental organization that has ships |
| 34% | MACAO | 5 | Asian territory that has its own National Olympic Committee but is not allowed to compete at the Olympic Games |
| 34% | OFASORT | 7 | But not that exactly |
| 33% | SIXSTORY | 8 | Like the maximum-height New York City apartment building that's not required to have a fire evacuation plan |
| 33% | SAWN | 4 | Like logs that have been cut |
| 33% | SAWN | 4 | Like lumber that has been cut |
| 32% | SCALAR | 6 | Having magnitude but not direction, in math |
| 32% | EATEN | 5 | Like items that have been put away |
| 32% | USED | 4 | Like cars that have a previous owner |
| 32% | EATEN | 5 | Like things that have been packed away |
| 32% | EATEN | 5 | Like things that have been bolted down? |
| 32% | STALE | 5 | Like crackers that have lost some crunch |
| 32% | PLATONIC | 8 | Close ... but not THAT close |
| 32% | LOOSE | 5 | Like lips that sink ships |
| 32% | ELSE | 4 | Not like that |
| 32% | STALE | 5 | Like chips that have been out too long |
| 32% | ROADTESTED | 10 | Like cars that have been cleared to drive |
| 32% | SMOKY | 5 | Like air that has been polluted by cigarettes |
| 32% | SELAM/FMADE | 11 | Rich, but not born that way |
| 32% | UNCLAIMED | 9 | Baggage that has not been collected |
| 32% | MAIDEN | 6 | Race horse that has not won |
| 32% | RUNNINGSCARED | 13 | 1961 Roy Orbison hit that has the same title as, but is not featured in, a 1986 Gregory Hines/Billy Crystal film (2 wds.) |