| 100% | BONY | 4 | Like some hard-to-fillet fish |
| 70% | TOUGH | 5 | Hard to cut, like some steak |
| 68% | STONY | 5 | Like some hard-to-plow land |
| 68% | FAXED | 5 | Like some hard-to-read documents |
| 68% | CODED | 5 | Like some hard-to-read messages |
| 65% | BONY | 4 | Like some tricky-to-eat fish |
| 64% | EELS | 4 | Fish that may be hard to fillet |
| 60% | CHERTY | 6 | Like some hard soils |
| 60% | EXTERNAL | 8 | Like some hard drives |
| 57% | FRESHWATER | 10 | Like some fish |
| 57% | DEEPSEA | 7 | Like some fishing |
| 56% | GSHAPED | 7 | Like some fishing hooks |
| 55% | SPEARED | 7 | Like some fish and olives |
| 55% | RAW | 3 | Like some fish in sushi |
| 55% | SWEDISH | 7 | Like some little red fish |
| 55% | HANDWRITX | 9 | Like some notes, to Caesar? |
| 54% | KNOTTY | 6 | Hard to saw, as some pine |
| 54% | RARE | 4 | Hard to find, as some birds |
| 54% | RARE | 4 | Hard to find, like vintage comics |
| 54% | DENSE | 5 | Hard to see through, like fog |
| 54% | CATCHY | 6 | Hard to forget, like a tune |
| 54% | COASTAL | 7 | Like some areas prone to flooding |
| 54% | ONDEMAND | 8 | Like some video, to cable customers |
| 54% | DATABLE | 7 | Like some artifacts, thanks to radiocarbon |
| 54% | INTL | 4 | Like some flights to LAX, abbr. |
| 54% | INTL | 4 | Like some flights to LAX (Abbr.) |
| 54% | HOMEOPATHIC | 11 | Like some alternative approaches to medicine |
| 53% | BONY | 4 | Like some fish that need careful preparation |
| 53% | BASTED | 6 | Like some turkeys and geese, to cooks |
| 53% | MISSED | 6 | Like some calls that go to voicemail |