| 100% | MISMARK | 7 | Place an "X" in the wrong spot on, say |
| 57% | TICTACTOETACTIC | 15 | Starting with an X in the corner, say? |
| 56% | VOTED | 5 | Put an X in the box on election day |
| 50% | ARBOR | 5 | Place for an observance on the last Friday in April |
| 49% | MISPLACING | 10 | Putting in the wrong spot |
| 47% | MAP | 3 | An "X" might "mark the spot" on one |
| 47% | NOSY | 4 | In the wrong business, say |
| 46% | MISSORT | 7 | Stick in the wrong place |
| 46% | MISFILE | 7 | Put in the wrong place |
| 46% | MISLAYS | 7 | Puts in the wrong place |
| 46% | POACH | 5 | Hunt in the wrong place? |
| 46% | OFFSIDE | 7 | In the wrong place at the wrong time? |
| 45% | MISLAYS | 7 | Sets down in the wrong place |
| 45% | NEXT | 4 | In the on-deck circle, say |
| 45% | OFFCOURSE | 9 | In the wrong direction, not on the right track |
| 43% | WET | 3 | Caught in the rain without an umbrella, say |
| 43% | TANS | 4 | Lies in the sun on a beach, say |
| 43% | BOWLASTRIKE | 11 | Earn an X on the scorecard |
| 43% | SKATEBOARDS | 11 | Competes in the x games, say |
| 43% | EVEL | 4 | Name on the side of the Skycycle X-2 rocket used in an attempted jump over the Snake River Canyon |
| 42% | AIRHOLE | 7 | Opening in the ice on a frozen lake, say |
| 42% | STORED | 6 | Placed in the attic, say |
| 42% | STOW | 4 | Place in an overhead bin, say |
| 42% | RELIST | 6 | Place back on the market, say |
| 41% | KILL | 4 | Leave an audience in the aisles, say |
| 41% | PITH | 4 | The white stuff in an orange, say |
| 41% | SNEAKILY | 8 | On the sly, in an underhand way |
| 41% | CHEAPSEAT | 9 | Spot in the third balcony, say |
| 41% | STOWS | 5 | Places in the luggage bin, say |
| 41% | GOTAB | 5 | Scored in the 80s on the quiz, say (3 wds.) |