| 100% | MUSTARDYELLOW | 13 | Shade of a Nathan's hot-dog contest winner's belt |
| 60% | OUTATE | 6 | Defeated, as at a Nathan's hot dog contest |
| 60% | OUTEAT | 6 | Beat at a Nathan's hot dog contest, say |
| 60% | OUTATE | 6 | Beat in a Nathan's hot dog contest, e.g. |
| 58% | JOEYCHESTNUT | 12 | *Winner of the most Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contests (16 as of 2024) |
| 52% | CONEY | 5 | Brooklyn’s ___ Island (site of the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest) |
| 52% | NATHANS | 7 | Sponsor of a July 4th hot dog eating contest |
| 49% | OUTEATS | 7 | Bests in a Fourth of July hot dog contest, say |
| 49% | MUSTARD | 7 | Shade of yellow you put on a hot dog |
| 46% | ESPN | 4 | Network that airs Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest |
| 46% | CONEY | 5 | Island where Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest takes place |
| 43% | TONG | 4 | Half of a hot dog vendor's tool |
| 42% | AMIN | 4 | ESPN sportscaster Adam, recently moved to Fox, ___ who called the 2018 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest |
| 42% | OUTEAT | 6 | Beat at a hot dog contest |
| 42% | O/UTEAT | 7 | Best at a hot dog contest |
| 42% | OUTEAT | 6 | Surpass in a hot dog contest |
| 42% | OUTEAT | 6 | Defeat in a hot dog contest |
| 42% | OUTEAT | 6 | Beat in a hot dog contest |
| 42% | OUTATE | 6 | Bested in a hot dog contest |
| 42% | BESTSHELLER | 11 | Winner of a pea-preparing contest? |
| 42% | BOXINGCHAMPION | 14 | Winner of a belt |
| 41% | OUTATE | 6 | Bested in a hot dog contest, say |
| 41% | OUTATE | 6 | Defeated in a hot dog contest, say |
| 41% | CHAMPION | 8 | Winner of a contest, event, race |
| 40% | NATHAN | 6 | Eponym of a hot dog chain |
| 40% | MUTT | 4 | Unlikely winner of a dog show |
| 39% | TINT | 4 | Shade of a limo's windows |
| 39% | NEATEST | 7 | Like the winner of a handwriting contest |
| 39% | CORNUNDERDOG | 12 | Unlikely winner of a trite joke contest? |
| 39% | SOY | 3 | Makeup of a veggie hot dog, typically |