| 100% | DRYSPELL | 8 | Period with no rainfall, not as drastic as drought |
| 51% | DROUGHT | 7 | Prolonged period with no rainfall |
| 37% | DROUGHT | 7 | Dry period with no rain |
| 37% | DRY | 3 | With no moisture, not wet |
| 37% | BALD | 4 | With no tread, as tires |
| 37% | ONEACT | 6 | With no intermission, as a play |
| 37% | FLAT | 4 | With no air, as a tire |
| 37% | BALD | 4 | With no tread, as a tire |
| 37% | BARREN | 6 | With no vegetation, as a wasteland |
| 36% | STUDY | 5 | With 4-Down, class period with no fixed subject |
| 36% | ALLBARK | 7 | __ and no bite; not as scary as it looks |
| 36% | NOCOST | 6 | With no initial charges, as a mortgage |
| 36% | ONSERVE | 7 | With no breaks, as a tennis set |
| 36% | EASIER | 6 | With not as much hassle |
| 35% | CLEAN | 5 | With no tickets, as a driver's license |
| 35% | MERCURY | 7 | Planet with no moons, not Venus |
| 35% | JILT | 4 | Reject with no warning, as a boyfriend |
| 35% | LESS | 4 | Blessed with not as much |
| 35% | ODD | 3 | Not even, as with numbers |
| 33% | DESERT | 6 | Arid landscape with little or no rainfall |
| 33% | MILD | 4 | Not severe, as weather (rhymes with "wild") |
| 33% | LETSLIDE | 8 | Not bother with, as a chore |
| 32% | LULL | 4 | Period that's not bustling with activity |
| 32% | QUALITYTIME | 11 | Period of undivided attention, as with a spouse or child |
| 31% | ALIENTO | 7 | Not consistent with, as a way of thinking |
| 31% | RESISTS | 7 | Does not cooperate, as with an arresting officer |
| 31% | HOTHAND | 7 | Sustained period of luck, as with dice |
| 29% | YMCA | 4 | Seventies No. 2 hit with periods in its title |
| 29% | TAMPONTAX | 9 | Cost associated with not classifying menstrual products as basic necessities |
| 29% | INFERIORTO | 10 | Not as good as |