| 100% | EARNED | 6 | Merited being educated, but not initially |
| 58% | AGUE | 4 | Fever is indistinct, but not initially |
| 58% | LAND | 4 | Country is dull, but not initially |
| 58% | AGUE | 4 | Complaint was indistinct, but not initially |
| 58% | AGUE | 4 | Complaint is indistinct, but not initially |
| 58% | LEASING | 7 | Renting is nice, but not initially |
| 57% | EXIST | 5 | Be a chauvinist, but not initially |
| 50% | GREED | 5 | Gluttony tallied, but not initially |
| 50% | ARIES | 5 | Sign fluctuates, but not initially |
| 49% | GREED | 5 | Selfish desire tallied, but not initially |
| 49% | WITCH | 5 | Hag to change, but not initially |
| 49% | EASED | 5 | Relaxed and stopped, but not initially |
| 49% | AGED | 4 | Elderly get enclosed, but not initially |
| 49% | ARIES | 5 | The ram changes, but not initially |
| 49% | HARP | 4 | Instrument is out of tune, but not initially |
| 47% | HARP | 4 | Instrument out of tune, but not initially |
| 47% | OILED | 5 | Cooked in water, but not initially basted |
| 47% | EXIST | 5 | Live as a chauvinist, but not initially |
| 47% | BOOKSMART | 9 | Educated, but not streetwise |
| 46% | LEASED | 6 | Not initially happy to be hired |
| 46% | ROVING | 6 | Not initially showing to be nomadic |
| 45% | RAINED | 6 | Not initially exhausted when it was wet |
| 45% | ACTIVE | 6 | Seeing but not being seen? |
| 43% | REINVENT | 8 | Be original, but not first |
| 43% | NOON | 4 | 12:00 PM, but not 12:00 AM? |
| 42% | DOGTOYS | 7 | They're chewable but not meant to be eaten |
| 42% | WONONPOINTS | 11 | Was victorious, but not by a knockout |
| 42% | LAND | 4 | Country is dull? Not initially |
| 41% | WISE | 4 | Wife is initially educated and clever |
| 40% | POEM | 4 | "A ___ should not mean / But be": MacLeish |