| 100% | OUTLIERS | 8 | They don't fit the pattern |
| 56% | SOTS | 4 | They don't often pass the bar |
| 56% | MATERIALISTS | 12 | They don't believe in the spirit |
| 56% | TOREROS | 7 | They don't shoot the bull |
| 56% | SIDEDOORS | 9 | They don't face the street |
| 56% | EXCEPTIONS | 10 | They don't follow the rule |
| 56% | DHS | 3 | They don't play the field: Abbr. |
| 56% | XXX | 3 | They don't play the field, briefly |
| 55% | EPEES | 5 | They don't have an edge at the Olympics |
| 55% | ANKLESOCKS | 10 | They don't go much higher than the tongue |
| 55% | BASELINERS | 10 | They don't play the net in tennis |
| 50% | LOADEDDICE | 10 | Don’t get caught with them at the craps table |
| 50% | CART | 4 | Don't put it in front of the horse, they say |
| 49% | MONDAYS | 7 | The Boomtown Rats don't like them |
| 49% | PEGS | 4 | Square ones don't fit in round holes, they say |
| 48% | ONLEASE | 7 | "They don't own the apartment, they've taken it ___.": 2 wds. |
| 47% | TABLE | 5 | “If they don’t give you a seat at the ___, bring a folding chair” (Shirley Chisholm) |
| 47% | SHIRLEY | 7 | "If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair": ___ Chisholm |
| 47% | VOICEMAIL | 9 | Leave one if they don't answer the phone |
| 47% | SHIRLEYCHISHOLM | 15 | She said, “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair” |
| 46% | EELS | 4 | "I don't mind __ / Except as meals. / And the way they feels": Nash |
| 45% | EELS | 4 | "I don't mind ___ / Except as meals. / And the way they feels": Ogden Nash |
| 45% | NASH | 4 | "I don't mind eels / Except as meals / And the way they feels" poet Ogden |
| 44% | ATHEISTS | 8 | They don't believe |
| 44% | VAGABONDS | 9 | They don't stay |
| 44% | SECONDSTRINGERS | 15 | They don't start |
| 44% | UNDERSTUDIES | 12 | They don't start |
| 44% | BENCHWARMERS | 12 | They don't start |
| 44% | DROPOUTS | 8 | They don't graduate |
| 44% | DRONEBEES | 9 | They don't sting |