| 100% | ONEEARED | 8 | Like the praying mantis, anatomically [weird, but true] |
| 55% | ONEEARED | 8 | Like the praying mantis |
| 37% | MASC | 4 | Like the Fr. "le," but not "la" |
| 37% | ODD | 3 | Like the number 23 but not 24 |
| 36% | INCOLOR | 7 | Like The Disaster Artist but not The Artist |
| 36% | SHORT | 5 | Like the "o" of "on," but not "no" |
| 34% | ODD | 3 | Like every prime but the first |
| 34% | MOCKTAIL | 8 | Drink, tastes like the original but has no alcohol |
| 34% | BADDEST | 7 | Sounds like the worst but it means best, toughest |
| 33% | RISEN | 5 | Like the dough for naan, but not for roti |
| 33% | PRIME | 5 | Like the numbers 13 and 17, but not 33 |
| 33% | BUCATINI | 8 | Like spaghetti, but with a hole down the center |
| 32% | ORNOT | 5 | "... but it seems like you hate the idea" |
| 32% | TITULAR | 7 | Like the characters Romeo and Juliet, but not Mercutio or Tybalt |
| 32% | INERT | 5 | Like the gases neon and argon, but not oxygen and hydrogen |
| 32% | TIDALWAVE | 9 | Like a tsunami but caused by the moon's gravity |
| 32% | CABANA | 6 | Like a gazebo on the beach, but with fabric walls |
| 32% | TIMED | 5 | Like the crossword in the New York Times app, but not Spelling Bee or Wordle |
| 31% | LASERTAG | 8 | Game like paintball, but without the paint or the balls |
| 30% | SCALY | 5 | Like the skin of a trout but not a shark |
| 30% | BEA | 3 | Name that sounds like "bee" but isn't the insect |
| 30% | CAMPY | 5 | Like the movie "But I'm a Cheerleader" |
| 30% | EVEN | 4 | Like the first prime number (but no others) |
| 30% | CAN | 3 | Like 7 teams in the NHL but like only one in the NBA |
| 30% | NEAREST | 7 | Like Proxima Centauri, of all stars but the sun |
| 30% | ASONANT | 7 | Like the "s" in debris (but not Du Bois) |
| 28% | CATTRALL | 8 | Actress in “Sex and the City,” but not its reboot, “And Just Like That . . .” |
| 28% | SAD | 3 | "___ but true" |
| 28% | AROAR | 5 | Like the surf |
| 28% | EXTINCT | 7 | Like the dodo |