| 100% | BISCUIT | 7 | Porcelain that has been fired but not glazed |
| 50% | LARVAE | 6 | Insects that have hatched but are not yet pupae |
| 47% | PALM | 4 | It has lines that can be read but not written |
| 44% | MACAO | 5 | Asian territory that has its own National Olympic Committee but is not allowed to compete at the Olympic Games |
| 42% | FALLOW | 6 | Farmland that has been plowed but left unsown |
| 42% | UNCLAIMED | 9 | Baggage that has not been collected |
| 41% | RUNNINGSCARED | 13 | 1961 Roy Orbison hit that has the same title as, but is not featured in, a 1986 Gregory Hines/Billy Crystal film (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ORES | 4 | Rocks that have been mined but are still unrefined |
| 41% | STALLION | 8 | Male horse that has not been gelded |
| 41% | STALLION | 8 | Male horse that has not been castrated |
| 41% | UNTAPPED | 8 | Potential that has not been used yet |
| 41% | RAW | 3 | Like data that has not been processed |
| 41% | UNMADE | 6 | A bed that has not been tidied |
| 40% | CABOCHON | 8 | Gem that's been polished but not faceted |
| 40% | INTRANSIT | 9 | Like packages that have shipped but not arrived |
| 40% | UNMET | 5 | Like needs that have not yet been fulfilled |
| 40% | STALLION | 8 | An adult male horse that has not been gelded |
| 38% | FAIRTRADE | 9 | Assurance that producers have not been exploited |
| 38% | BIOBURDEN | 9 | Number of bacteria living on a surface that has not been sterilized |
| 38% | FADS | 4 | Things that are popular but not long-lasting |
| 37% | ASOR | 4 | Ten-stringed instrument mentioned in the Bible that has not been traced anywhere else |
| 37% | SMALLFRY | 8 | Some, but not all, fishy things that will eventually grow to become bigger fingerlings |
| 37% | ASYMMETRY | 9 | State of having two sides that are not the same |
| 36% | VESPUCCI | 8 | He demonstrated that what Columbus had discovered was not 6-Down |
| 36% | CLUTCHES | 8 | Bags that are held in the hand, not having a strap |
| 36% | TEEN | 4 | Word that follows "nine" but is not ten |
| 36% | ONION | 5 | Something that can be red or white, but not blue |
| 36% | DUDS | 4 | Fireworks that could have been great, but weren't |
| 35% | SEEN | 4 | Message that has been read |
| 35% | BURNISHED | 9 | Metal that has been polished |