| 100% | STONY | 5 | Like some hard-to-plow land |
| 70% | TOUGH | 5 | Hard to cut, like some steak |
| 68% | FAXED | 5 | Like some hard-to-read documents |
| 68% | CODED | 5 | Like some hard-to-read messages |
| 68% | BONY | 4 | Like some hard-to-fillet fish |
| 60% | ROOTIER | 7 | Harder to plow, perhaps |
| 60% | CHERTY | 6 | Like some hard soils |
| 60% | EXTERNAL | 8 | Like some hard drives |
| 56% | ARID | 4 | Like some unproductive land |
| 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% | BASTED | 6 | Like some turkeys and geese, to cooks |
| 53% | MISSED | 6 | Like some calls that go to voicemail |
| 53% | ORAL | 4 | Like some hygiene related to the mouth |
| 53% | ALLERGIC | 8 | Like some reactions to peanuts or shellfish |
| 52% | OVERGRAZED | 10 | Like some land no longer good for livestock |
| 52% | ITALIC | 6 | Like some instructions that are important to read |
| 52% | ALLERGIC | 8 | Like some reactions to pollen or cat hair |
| 52% | ANTIBACTERIAL | 13 | Like some agents whose purpose is to kill |
| 52% | ATONAL | 6 | Like some music that's challenging to sing |