| 100% | NAVAL | 5 | Like some engagements that don't end well |
| 55% | FAKE | 4 | Like some plants that don't need watering |
| 41% | INFINITE | 8 | Programming sequences that don't end, literally |
| 40% | CHOPPY | 6 | Like rough waves that don't break cleanly |
| 40% | ONECARAT | 8 | Like some engagement rings |
| 39% | IDIOMS | 6 | Phrases that don't translate well |
| 39% | PANELED | 7 | Like some dens that haven’t been updated since the seventies |
| 39% | LUMPY | 5 | Like batter that hasn't been mixed well |
| 38% | TAME | 4 | Like animals that don't bite |
| 38% | NONMIGRANT | 10 | Like animals that don’t roam |
| 38% | IDIOM | 5 | Like "All's well that ends well" |
| 38% | NOLOSE | 6 | Like a situation that can't end badly |
| 38% | ORAL | 4 | Like exams that don't require paper |
| 38% | INKLESS | 7 | Like printers that don’t use toner |
| 38% | ORAL | 4 | Like exams that don't use paper |
| 38% | NOMEGUSTA | 9 | "I don't like that," in Spanish |
| 38% | ARTESIAN | 8 | Like some wells |
| 37% | UHOH | 4 | "I don't like the sound of that" |
| 37% | DOMED | 5 | Like stadiums that don’t experience rain delays |
| 37% | WASHANDWEAR | 11 | Like clothes that don't need much ironing |
| 37% | OTC | 3 | Like drugs that don't require prescriptions (Abbr.) |
| 37% | WASHABLE | 8 | Like clothes that don't need dry cleaning |
| 37% | STRAPLESS | 9 | Like dresses that don't hang from the shoulders |
| 37% | OTC | 3 | Like medications that don't require a prescription: Abbr. |
| 37% | OTC | 3 | Like drugs that don't require a prescription (Abbr.) |
| 37% | OTC | 3 | Like meds that don't require a prescription (Abbr.) |
| 37% | UHOH | 4 | "I don't like the sound of that" (Hyph.) |
| 37% | REMOTE | 6 | Like jobs that don't require in-office presence |
| 36% | TWOHIT | 6 | Like some well-pitched games |
| 36% | DRY | 3 | Like some wells and lectures |