| 100% | TRILL | 5 | Pronounce an "r" like a Scot |
| 59% | RHO | 3 | P pronounced like an R |
| 56% | MONKSEAL | 8 | Sea creature whose name sounds like a mash-up of a jazz pianist and an R&B singer |
| 53% | DIRIGIBLE | 9 | An airship like a blimp |
| 52% | NONTITLE | 8 | Like a bout on an undercard |
| 52% | NAKED | 5 | Like a jaybird, in an idiom |
| 52% | EVENT | 5 | Like a birthday or an anniversary |
| 52% | FRAYED | 6 | Like a shoelace needing an aglet |
| 52% | SOARER | 6 | Like a hawk or an eagle |
| 52% | EGGY | 4 | Like a quiche or an omelet |
| 52% | OVER | 4 | Like a relationship with an ex |
| 52% | EAVED | 5 | Like a roof with an overhang |
| 51% | WORSE | 5 | Like a B+, compared to an A- |
| 51% | OAKEN | 5 | Like a bucket in an old song |
| 51% | ONEWAY | 6 | Like a street with an arrow sign |
| 51% | ONEACT | 6 | Like a play without an intermission (Hyph.) |
| 51% | BALLISTIC | 9 | Like a missile or an enraged person |
| 51% | DEAD | 4 | Like a person honored by an obituary |
| 51% | PLATONIC | 8 | Like a relationship with an ex, maybe |
| 51% | SUNK | 4 | Like a ship on an ocean floor |
| 51% | LEAP | 4 | Like a year with an extra day |
| 51% | LAGOONAL | 8 | Like a shallow bay in an atoll |
| 51% | SEEDIER | 7 | Like a strawberry compared to an apple |
| 51% | TIED | 4 | Like a game with an even score |
| 51% | LAME | 4 | Like a horse with an abnormal gait |
| 51% | NEAREST | 7 | Like a relative notified in an emergency, maybe |
| 51% | RARE | 4 | Like a sighting of an ivory-billed woodpecker |
| 51% | STEEP | 5 | Like a mountain with an almost perpendicular face |
| 51% | RIPE | 4 | Like a yellow banana or an orange mango |
| 51% | SKIPPABLE | 9 | Like a relatively weak track on an album |