| 100% | INDIRECT | 8 | Not the shortest route, not straight there |
| 50% | ALT | 3 | Not the main route: Abbr. |
| 48% | ARC | 3 | Not the shortest line between two points |
| 47% | ESSAY | 5 | It's not the short answer |
| 47% | CROW | 4 | As the ___ flies (by the shortest route) |
| 47% | ESSAY | 5 | It's definitely not the short answer |
| 47% | MEANDER | 7 | Not go the direct route |
| 44% | NLERS | 5 | The Mets, but not the Yankees, for short |
| 44% | ZINE | 4 | The Atlantic, but not the Pacific, for short |
| 44% | OFFCOURSE | 9 | Astray, not following the planned route |
| 43% | ARCS | 4 | Not the most direct routes from point to point |
| 42% | SSE | 3 | Not quite straight down, for short |
| 42% | TWIXT | 5 | Not on the end, for short |
| 41% | DOA | 3 | Not viable from the start, for short |
| 41% | SHES | 4 | "___ Not There" (song by the Zombies) |
| 41% | LINE | 4 | A straight one is the shortest distance between two points |
| 41% | GERE | 4 | One of the ''I'm Not There'' Dylans |
| 40% | IRL | 3 | Personally, not on the Internet, for short |
| 39% | DYLAN | 5 | Subject of the biopic "I'm Not There" |
| 39% | ZOO | 3 | "Do not feed the animals" place, for short |
| 38% | BVDS | 4 | Boxers not seen at the dog park, for short |
| 38% | DST | 3 | Practice not observed by the Hopi nation, for short |
| 37% | OGS | 3 | Ones who've been there since the beginning, for short |
| 37% | DRYEYE | 6 | What there may not be "in the house" during a tearjerker |
| 36% | ROUGH | 5 | That part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short |
| 36% | PARANG | 6 | Short straight-edged knife used as a weapon and tool in the Malay archipelago |
| 36% | FOMO | 4 | “Don’t have fun if I’m not there!” feeling, for short |
| 35% | BEELINE | 7 | Shortest route |
| 35% | BOB | 3 | Singer Dylan played by Cate Blanchett in the biopic "I'm Not There" |
| 35% | CUTOFF | 6 | Shorter route |