| 100% | MISUSED | 7 | Like the word "its," often |
| 85% | MISUSED | 7 | Like the word “lay,” often |
| 81% | MISUSED | 7 | Like the words "literally" and "ironic," often |
| 79% | MISUSED | 7 | Like the word "ironic" in place of "unfortunate," often |
| 68% | UNSTABLE | 8 | Word that looks like it should mean "take the horse outside" |
| 68% | DELIVERY | 8 | Word that looks like it should mean "take the horse outside" |
| 66% | WELSH | 5 | Like the word "cwm" |
| 65% | SLOTHFUL | 8 | Preferring to relax like the animal known for its leisurely pace, also another word for "lazy" |
| 65% | SACRED | 6 | Like the word of God |
| 65% | ARABIC | 6 | Like the word 16-Across |
| 65% | CZECH | 5 | Like the word robot, etymologically |
| 65% | AYE | 3 | Word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet that's not in it |
| 65% | ARAMAIC | 7 | Like the words of Jesus |
| 64% | SPANISH | 7 | Like the words in un diccionario |
| 64% | IMPROPERLYSPELLED | 17 | Like the answers to the 10 asterisked clues, more often than any other English words, according to a 1999 study |
| 63% | GENITIVE | 8 | Like the word "curiae" in "amicus curiae" |
| 63% | COINED | 6 | Like the word "truthiness," by Stephen Colbert |
| 63% | REGIONAL | 8 | Like the words "hoagie" and "kitty-corner" |
| 63% | RHYMELESS | 9 | Like the words orange, wolf and ninth |
| 63% | INTHEMAIL | 9 | Like the check, often |
| 62% | RETOLD | 6 | Like the Christmas story, often |
| 62% | AGED | 4 | Like the expensive stuff, often |
| 61% | PASSWORD | 8 | It often looks like gibberish |
| 60% | FOGGY | 5 | Like the weather around lighthouses, often |
| 60% | ALGEBRAI | 8 | It often features the quadratic formula |
| 60% | TRIP | 4 | It often comes before the fall |
| 60% | OLD | 3 | Like the hills, it's said |
| 59% | CLONED | 6 | Like the I.B.M. PC, often |
| 59% | ASHY | 4 | Like the bottom of a fireplace, often |
| 59% | SANDY | 5 | Like the bottoms of beach bags, often |