| 100% | TNT | 3 | Sticks in an abandoned building? |
| 58% | TNT | 3 | Sticks in an arsenal |
| 57% | RAZE | 4 | Level, as an abandoned building |
| 57% | INLIMBO | 7 | Stuck in an uncertain situation |
| 56% | SQUATS | 6 | Occupies an abandoned building |
| 55% | WEEDS | 5 | Growth in an abandoned lot |
| 53% | CORER | 5 | It may be stuck in an apple |
| 53% | THREAD | 6 | It may get stuck in an eye |
| 53% | POSTITNOTE | 10 | One might get stuck in an office |
| 53% | MIME | 4 | One seemingly stuck in an invisible box |
| 51% | HERMITCRAB | 10 | Crustacean who takes up residence in an abandoned seashell |
| 51% | CRAW | 4 | Stick in one's ___ (be an annoyance) |
| 51% | HEELS | 5 | Elevators in an office building? |
| 50% | DRYROT | 6 | Problem in an old wooden building |
| 49% | AGROOMWITHAVIEW | 15 | Party in an Empire State Building wedding? |
| 49% | BAIL | 4 | Abandon an effort, in slang |
| 49% | THELAKEHOUSE | 12 | 2015 bestseller set in an abandoned estate by the water: 3 wds. |
| 48% | COBWEB | 6 | Caused by spiders in an old or abandoned space |
| 47% | REPASTES | 8 | Sticks back in an album |
| 46% | DEFORESTS | 9 | Builds an apartment complex in the Amazon, perhaps |
| 46% | JANITOR | 7 | Key employee in an office building? |
| 46% | UNIT | 4 | Individual residence in an apartment building |
| 46% | BAILS | 5 | Abruptly abandons an obligation, in slang |
| 46% | CRAW | 4 | Sticking point, in an idiom |
| 45% | TERMINALS | 9 | Passenger buildings in an airport |
| 44% | HALLWAY | 7 | A corridor in a building; an entrance area |
| 43% | CARROT | 6 | Stick's partner, in an idiom |
| 41% | TENANTED | 8 | In use, as an apartment building |
| 41% | VEEP | 4 | Show whose title character likened her job to being “sealed in an abandoned coal mine under two miles of human shit” |
| 41% | EVAN | 4 | "___ Almighty" (2007 film in which Steve Carell's character builds an ark) |