100% | MISUSED | 7 | Like the word “lay,” often |
85% | MISUSED | 7 | Like the word "its," often |
81% | MISUSED | 7 | Like the words "literally" and "ironic," often |
79% | MISUSED | 7 | Like the word "ironic" in place of "unfortunate," often |
66% | WELSH | 5 | Like the word "cwm" |
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% | 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 |
60% | SALTED | 6 | Like the classic Lay's flavor |
60% | FOGGY | 5 | Like the weather around lighthouses, often |
59% | IRR | 3 | Like the verbs be and lay: abbr. |
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 |
59% | ONLOW | 5 | Like the burner under a stewpot, often |
58% | ASHY | 4 | Like the bottom of a charcoal grill, often |
58% | RED | 3 | Like the Triple Word Score squares in Scrabble |
58% | RLESS | 5 | Like the Boston-accented pronunciation of many words |
57% | APT | 3 | Very fitting, like the perfect word |
57% | GOODBYE | 7 | The last word, often |