| 100% | TINES | 5 | Prong-like points |
| 78% | MOOT | 4 | Like some points |
| 78% | FINER | 5 | Like some points |
| 78% | TALLYUP | 7 | Count, like points |
| 72% | TINED | 5 | Pronged, like a pitchfork |
| 68% | TINED | 5 | Pointed like a fork |
| 65% | SPEAR | 5 | Pointed weapon that sounds like "sphere" |
| 63% | TAPERED | 7 | Like the pointed end of a pencil |
| 63% | APOGEAL | 7 | Like the highest point in an orbit |
| 63% | APT | 3 | On point, like a quotation |
| 62% | ODD | 3 | Like the number of points on a pentagram |
| 62% | ONMESSAGE | 9 | Like politicians who stick to their talking points |
| 61% | CROSSDRESSING | 13 | "Some Like It Hot" plot point |
| 61% | APT | 3 | To the point, like a reply |
| 60% | EQUIDISTANT | 11 | Like any points on a circle, from the center |
| 60% | COLLINEAR | 9 | Like all points on the x-axis, e.g. |
| 59% | AHEM | 4 | "I'd like to make a point ..." |
| 59% | SPIKY | 5 | Sharp and pointed, like some punk hair |
| 56% | LONG | 4 | Like the description "drawn out excessively to the point of ridiculousness" |
| 56% | AVIAN | 5 | Starting point by way of Pole, like a bird |
| 54% | SCALDED | 7 | Like milk that's been heated to just under the boiling point |
| 54% | CUSPID | 6 | Tooth having a single point, like a dog's fang |
| 51% | RAZORTHIN | 9 | Like a one-point lead |
| 50% | NADIR | 5 | Low point that sounds like former presidential candidate Ralph's last name |
| 49% | APT | 3 | Like the anagramming of A DECIMAL POINT to make I'M A DOT IN PLACE |
| 49% | NOTWORTHONESSLAT | 16 | Like a shutter so shabby there’s no point in putting in a new louver? |
| 48% | STAT | 4 | Number like "points per game," for short |
| 47% | ARCED | 5 | Like the NCAA basketball three-point line |
| 45% | OBELISKS | 8 | Pillar-like monuments with pointed tips |
| 45% | BELOW | 5 | ___ the belt (like some pointed insults) |