| 100% | LATECOMER | 9 | Person who did not get to the party on time |
| 43% | OUTSIDER | 8 | A person who does not belong to a particular group |
| 43% | THOMAS | 6 | ___ Keller, celebrity chef who did not go to culinary school and learned on the job |
| 42% | STOWAWAY | 8 | Person who’s not on the manifest |
| 42% | MICHAELCOLLINS | 14 | Apollo 11 astronaut who did not walk on the moon |
| 41% | BRITNEYSPEARS | 13 | "Slumber Party" singer who is the youngest person to be both host and musical guest on "Saturday Night Live" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | CAME | 4 | Got to the party |
| 39% | RAMBLE | 6 | Not get to the point |
| 39% | FLAKE | 5 | Person who can't be counted on to do what they say they will |
| 39% | BORES | 5 | People who spend all their time at parties talking about the weather, e.g. |
| 39% | TENANTS | 7 | People who live on land and pay rent to the owner of that land. |
| 39% | INSIDEJOB | 9 | Crime done by people not on the outside |
| 39% | ANITA | 5 | Hill who wrote “There is no way to redo 1991, but there are ways to do better,” in a Times essay on the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings |
| 38% | HAS | 3 | "What do you get for the person who ___ everything?" |
| 38% | FASHIONABLYLATE | 15 | Intentionally not on time to a party |
| 38% | PURIST | 6 | Person who does not compromise their tastes |
| 38% | DEIST | 5 | A person who thinks god created the universe but does not interfere in it |
| 38% | BOOBRIDGES | 10 | Actor who's anxious to get the Halloween party startled? |
| 38% | TOSSACOIN | 9 | Referees do this to decide who gets the ball first |
| 38% | CALLERID | 8 | It tells people who's trying to reach them on the phone: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 38% | TEEN | 4 | Person who might be able to vote or drive for the first time |
| 37% | PASSHERBY | 9 | What she did to not acknowledge a girlfriend on the street? |
| 37% | CSPAN | 5 | Where to see party people out on the floor? |
| 37% | SLAPS | 5 | Nice things to get on the back, but not on the face |
| 37% | PESCETARIANS | 12 | People who do not eat meat but do eat fish |
| 37% | TINATURNER | 10 | "What's Love Got to Do With It" singer who performed the theme to "GoldenEye": 2 wds. |
| 37% | MBAS | 4 | People who do the Business Masters |
| 37% | AAMILNE | 7 | Who wrote "Some people talk to animals. Not many listen, though. That's the problem." |
| 37% | LATETAG | 7 | Infield play that’s not quite in time to get the runner out |
| 36% | SERF | 4 | Person who did the lord's work |