| 100% | DODGEDABULLET | 13 | Successfully evaded something unpleasant |
| 48% | ONSET | 5 | Start of something unpleasant |
| 48% | ENURE | 5 | Accustom to something unpleasant |
| 48% | INURE | 5 | Habituate to something unpleasant |
| 45% | ODOR | 4 | Something unpleasant in the air |
| 44% | ABATES | 6 | Relieves something unpleasant |
| 43% | CRAW | 4 | Where something unpleasant sticks |
| 42% | ABIDE | 5 | Put up with something unpleasant |
| 42% | INURE | 5 | Make used to something unpleasant |
| 42% | BITEYOURTONGUE | 14 | Refrain from saying something unpleasant |
| 42% | BULLET | 6 | Do something unpleasant, bite the __ |
| 42% | CRAW | 4 | Where something unpleasant may stick |
| 42% | STEER | 5 | ___ clear of (avoid something unpleasant) |
| 41% | DODGED | 6 | ___ a bullet (narrowly avoided something unpleasant) |
| 41% | BITE | 4 | ___ the bullet (finally start something unpleasant) |
| 41% | ETSONESELFAGAINST | 17 | *Prepare emotionally for, as something unpleasant |
| 41% | ONSET | 5 | Unpleasant beginning of something |
| 40% | INSINUATE | 9 | Suggest something unpleasant in an indirect way |
| 39% | BADPENNY | 8 | Something unpleasant that always turns up, so the saying goes |
| 39% | ODIOUS | 6 | Something that is unpleasant or repulsive |
| 38% | UGLY | 4 | Pretty ___, oxymoron used to describe something unpleasant or repulsive |
| 38% | FEE | 3 | Something hidden that's unpleasant to discover |
| 37% | ACHIEVE | 7 | To finish something successfully, to accomplish |
| 37% | OOH | 3 | Reaction to something pleasant or unpleasant |
| 36% | FAMOUSLY | 8 | To be well-known for something, successfully |
| 36% | STEEL | 5 | Get ready for something difficult or unpleasant |
| 36% | BITETHEBULLET | 13 | Tackle something that’s unpleasant but unavoidable |
| 35% | SEED | 4 | Fruit bit that's usually hard, also something unpleasant to bite into |
| 33% | PAIN | 4 | An unpleasant feeling, something you would take a ___killer for |
| 29% | ONSET | 5 | Beginning of something, especially something unpleasant |