| 100% | AWAKE | 5 | Not out, but not necessarily up |
| 65% | ADULT | 5 | For grown-ups, but not necessarily naughty |
| 60% | SEDATED | 7 | Out, but not about |
| 59% | CURT | 4 | Short but not necessarily sweet |
| 57% | CIVIL | 5 | Courteous and polite, but not necessarily friendly |
| 57% | UNTIL | 5 | Up to, but not beyond |
| 56% | DITCHPLANS | 10 | Not show up to hang out |
| 56% | TAKEANAP | 8 | Go out, but not for long? |
| 56% | INIT | 4 | Down but not out |
| 55% | MAGNETS | 7 | They're attractive, but not necessarily to each other |
| 55% | ATEIN | 5 | Chowed down but not out |
| 54% | ESC | 3 | Key used to get out, but not in |
| 54% | TIE | 3 | Catch up to, but not pass |
| 53% | AGELIMIT | 8 | The Senate has a lower one but not an upper one |
| 53% | HARP | 4 | Instrument out of tune, but not initially |
| 52% | DRAFTS | 6 | Emails you've written but not sent out |
| 52% | HARP | 4 | Instrument is out of tune, but not initially |
| 51% | COATROOM | 8 | Location that requires tickets for checking out, but not checking in |
| 51% | BYTE | 4 | It's made up of bits, but not pieces |
| 51% | OFFLIMITS | 9 | Out of bounds; not up for discussion |
| 50% | ISH | 3 | "...but not necessarily exactly" |
| 50% | FOURSTAR | 8 | High quality hotel, but not quite five out of five |
| 49% | RENTS | 5 | People may be put out if they're not put up |
| 48% | COLA | 4 | Pepsi, but not 7-Up |
| 48% | SYNC | 4 | Out of ___ (not lining up) |
| 47% | ART | 3 | "Falsehood can hold out against much in this world, but not against ___": Solzhenitsyn |
| 47% | ESC | 3 | Key that can get you out of a window, but not a door |
| 47% | FASHIONABLYLATE | 15 | How a person might show up to a party, but not a meeting |
| 46% | SPAR | 4 | Fight, but not all-out |
| 46% | CATALYST | 8 | It speeds up a reaction but is not changed itself |