| 100% | LASTUP | 6 | Like the final batter in a batting order |
| 56% | UPLAST | 6 | *Like the pitcher in a batting order, often |
| 49% | NOHIT | 5 | Like a game in which batters bat .000 |
| 43% | SILENT | 6 | Like the last letter in a column? |
| 43% | RUNTY | 5 | Like the tiniest pup in a litter |
| 43% | OLD | 3 | Like the hills, in a simile |
| 43% | CLUTCH | 6 | Like a winning play in the final seconds of overtime |
| 43% | LUTHERAN | 8 | Like the carol "Away in a Manger," originally |
| 43% | ATTHEOPERA | 10 | Like the Marx Brothers in a 1935 film |
| 43% | LOWEST | 6 | Like the winning score in a golf match |
| 43% | EARLY | 5 | Like the worm-catcher, in a saying |
| 43% | NESTLED | 7 | Like the children, in a holiday verse |
| 43% | SLOWEST | 7 | Like the last in a dash |
| 43% | HOLY | 4 | Like the water in a baptism |
| 43% | MOIST | 5 | Like the air in a humidor |
| 43% | STEAMY | 6 | Like the air in a sauna |
| 43% | NTH | 3 | Like the last in a line |
| 43% | RUNTY | 5 | Like the smallest in a litter |
| 43% | LOSER | 5 | Like the hare in a fable |
| 43% | MOIST | 5 | Like the air in a greenhouse |
| 43% | HUMID | 5 | Like the weather in a rainforest |
| 43% | TERSE | 5 | Like the language in a telegram |
| 42% | FRIED | 5 | Like the green tomatoes in a Fannie Flagg title |
| 42% | TEENAGE | 7 | Like the "wasteland" in a classic Who song |
| 42% | LATEST | 6 | Like the "new-arrivals" in a clothing store |
| 42% | AXIAL | 5 | Like the symmetry used in baseball bats |
| 42% | KNOCKEDOVERABANK | 16 | In a final desperate move the klutz _____ |
| 42% | BENT | 4 | Like the wire in a croquet wicket |
| 42% | CLOSEST | 7 | Like the winner in a guessing contest |
| 42% | TAME | 4 | Like the rides in a kiddie park |