| 100% | ONTHEICE | 8 | Not benched, as in hockey |
| 80% | ONTHEICE | 8 | Not benched, in hockey |
| 62% | AMANDOWN | 8 | Short playerwise, as in hockey |
| 60% | SINBIN | 6 | Isolated bench in an ice hockey arena also known as a penalty box |
| 53% | ONTAP | 5 | Not in bottles, as beer |
| 53% | LESSER | 6 | Not as high in rank |
| 53% | PALER | 5 | Not as bright in comparison |
| 53% | PALER | 5 | Not as vivid in color |
| 52% | RIDEUP | 6 | Not stay in place, as underwear |
| 52% | ONSHUFFLE | 9 | Not in sequence, as a playlist |
| 52% | DARK | 4 | Not in use, as a theater |
| 51% | DARK | 4 | Not currently in use, as a theater |
| 51% | COLDER | 6 | Not as close, in children's games |
| 51% | DARK | 4 | Not in operation, as a Broadway theater |
| 50% | REWRITTEN | 9 | Not in its original form, as an article |
| 50% | ASONANT | 7 | Not voiced, as the first "d" in "Wednesday" |
| 50% | MOSSO | 5 | Meno __: not as fast, in music |
| 49% | UNDILUTED | 9 | Not weakened or reduced in concentration, as a liquid |
| 49% | UNCUT | 5 | Not censored, as in a movie's special edition |
| 49% | UNSEEDED | 8 | Not ranked, as a player in a tennis tournament |
| 47% | YEAST | 5 | Ingredient not used in unleavened breads such as matzo |
| 46% | HEARSAY | 7 | Gossip; not allowed as evidence in court |
| 45% | TWO | 3 | Relatively lonely number, though not as bad as one, in song |
| 45% | FOUND | 5 | *With 44-Down, not turning up as expected in a search |
| 45% | WHISPER | 7 | Talk in a quiet voice, so as not to be overheard |
| 45% | DEMILOVATO | 10 | “Sorry Not Sorry” singer who came out as nonbinary in 2021 |
| 44% | BALL | 4 | Item used in three of the Big Four sports, but not hockey |
| 44% | SYMBOLICLOGIC | 13 | In which "P or Q, but not both" is represented as (P∨Q)∧¬(P∧Q) |
| 43% | PER | 3 | As in |
| 42% | SCORED | 6 | Earned a point in hockey |