| 100% | UNDESIRED | 9 | Like the short straw, metaphorically |
| 57% | DRAW | 4 | ___ the short straw (be unlucky) |
| 57% | LOSE | 4 | Draw the short straw |
| 57% | LOSE | 4 | Get the short straw |
| 57% | LOSES | 5 | Draws the short straw |
| 57% | LOST | 4 | Drew the short straw |
| 56% | LOSE | 4 | Draw the short straw, say |
| 56% | LOST | 4 | Drew the short straw, say |
| 56% | LOSER | 5 | Drawer of the short straw |
| 55% | LOSER | 5 | One who draws the short straw |
| 55% | LOSER | 5 | Person who draws the short straw |
| 55% | SHORTEST | 8 | Like the losing straw |
| 54% | CATH | 4 | Like the Pope, for short |
| 54% | ASAP | 4 | Like the blazes, for short |
| 53% | LUCKYME | 7 | "Oh joy, I drew the short straw again" |
| 53% | BLDG | 4 | Like the Empire State, for short |
| 52% | SHORTEST | 8 | Like the losing straw in drawn straws |
| 52% | PREK | 4 | Like the Head Start program, for short |
| 51% | ANIMATO | 7 | Like the music in "Turkey in the Straw" |
| 51% | NEXTGEN | 7 | Like the latest tech advances, for short: Hyph. |
| 50% | RTES | 4 | Certain highways, like the 66, for short |
| 50% | FICKLE | 6 | Like straw in the wind |
| 49% | PIPY | 4 | Like the Keystone XL, or a plastic straw, for that matter |
| 49% | IRREG | 5 | Like the verbs "wear", "come", "kneel" and "to be", for short |
| 49% | TBD | 3 | Like the two Super Bowl teams in early January, for short |
| 48% | LGBT | 4 | Like the group you're in if you're out, for short |
| 47% | PRO | 3 | Like an athlete at the Olympics, for short |
| 47% | LGBT | 4 | Like the community for Lil Nas X and k.d. lang, for short |
| 46% | ETC | 3 | And the like, for short |
| 45% | ANON | 4 | Like many users who comment on the Internet, for short |