| 100% | DACTYLIC | 8 | Long-short-short, in poetic meter |
| 60% | CROCS | 5 | Long reptiles, in short |
| 58% | SUMMARIZED | 10 | Made a long story short, in a way |
| 57% | SOLSTICE | 8 | Shortest day in winter and longest day in summer |
| 57% | DACTYL | 6 | Long syllable followed by two short ones in poetry |
| 57% | VOWELLENGTH | 11 | Short or long, in phonetics |
| 56% | ERE | 3 | Short palindrome in the middle of a famous longer one |
| 56% | PERMS | 5 | Long-lasting curls in a salon, for short |
| 55% | MULLET | 6 | Hairstyle: short in the front, long in the back |
| 55% | TLDR | 4 | Short response to a long post, in text speak |
| 54% | MULLET | 6 | Hairstyle that's short in front and long in back |
| 54% | IAMB | 4 | Poetic foot with a short and long syllable |
| 53% | RET | 3 | No longer in service, for short |
| 53% | IAMB | 4 | Poetic foot with a short and a long syllable |
| 52% | RET | 3 | No longer in the service, for short |
| 52% | RET | 3 | No longer in active service, for short |
| 52% | RET | 3 | No longer in the workforce, for short |
| 52% | DACTYL | 6 | Long-short-short poetic foot |
| 52% | TROCHEES | 8 | Long-short feet, in poetry |
| 50% | LIMODRIVERS | 11 | People who might work in long stretches, for short |
| 50% | TONS | 4 | Heavy weights that are usually short in the US, but long in the UK |
| 49% | DACTYL | 6 | A poetic unit of one long and two short syllables |
| 47% | MATCHGAME | 9 | Long-running panel show hosted by Gene Rayburn in the 1970s and by Martin Short in 2025: 2 wds. |
| 46% | IAMBUS | 6 | In poetry, a metrical foot consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable |
| 46% | IAMB | 4 | Poetic meter |
| 46% | MULLET | 6 | Haircut that's short on the top and sides and long in back |
| 46% | IAMBS | 5 | Poetic meters |
| 46% | PANTS | 5 | Long shorts |
| 46% | MULLET | 6 | Short-in-front, long-in-back men's hairstyle |
| 46% | MULLET | 6 | Short on top/long in back hair |