| 100% | CLASH | 5 | Look bad together, like stripes and polka dots |
| 51% | CLASH | 5 | What stripes and polka dots do |
| 40% | CLASH | 5 | Look bad together |
| 40% | CLASH | 5 | Look bad together, fashionwise |
| 36% | CLASH | 5 | Look bad when worn together |
| 34% | CLASH | 5 | Look awful together, like some colors |
| 34% | DIRTY | 5 | Like some looks and laundry |
| 33% | CLASH | 5 | Wear stripes with polka dots, say |
| 33% | MOIST | 5 | Like good cakes and bad cellars |
| 33% | IDIOMATIC | 9 | Like bad apples and sour grapes? |
| 33% | CLASHED | 7 | Went together like paisley and plaid |
| 32% | FUZZY | 5 | Like teddy bears and bad radio reception |
| 32% | PACA | 4 | Dotted and striped rodent from the Americas |
| 32% | STUDS | 5 | Ear accessories that look like dots |
| 31% | TEENIE | 6 | Like a yellow polka dot bikini in a 1961 #1 hit |
| 31% | PATTERNS | 8 | Stripes, checks, polka dots, floral are all these |
| 31% | IRISH | 5 | Like a flag with green, white and orange stripes |
| 31% | SPOTTY | 6 | Patchy and uneven, like bad phone service |
| 31% | TEENIE | 6 | Like the yellow polka dot bikini, in a 1960 #1 novelty song |
| 31% | PUFF | 4 | Huff and ___ (blow like the Big Bad Wolf) |
| 30% | MINNIE | 6 | Mickey Mouse's girlfriend who wears a red polka dot dress and bow |
| 30% | SNAKES | 6 | Reptiles that look like their first and last letters? |
| 30% | GOOSE | 5 | Bird that looks like a duck and loves water |
| 29% | IFIT | 4 | "___ looks like a duck and quacks like a duck ...": 2 wds. |
| 29% | PSI | 3 | What Indiana University's superimposed "I" and "U" looks like |
| 29% | PHI | 3 | Greek letter that looks like an I and O superimposed |
| 29% | CLASHED | 7 | Did not look good together, like different colors |
| 29% | MAXIXE | 6 | Tango and polka-like Brazilian dance |
| 29% | GREASY | 6 | Like foods said to be good for hangovers and bad for skin complexion |
| 29% | WIT | 3 | "___ and wisdom are like the seven stars, seldom seen together": Thomas Fuller |