| 100% | DUD | 3 | Thing that turns out to be a disappointment |
| 68% | MITE | 4 | Item turned out to be a small thing |
| 60% | HERALD | 6 | That woman’s lad turned out to be a courier |
| 60% | FLOP | 4 | Turn out to be a failure |
| 58% | PEST | 4 | Pets turn out to be a blight |
| 58% | BRAIN | 5 | Brian turned out to be a thinker |
| 58% | PEST | 4 | Pets turn out to be a nuisance |
| 58% | STEAL | 5 | Tales turn out to be a bargain |
| 58% | CIGAR | 5 | Craig turned out to be a smoker |
| 58% | ALMOND | 6 | Old man turned out to be a nut |
| 58% | UFO | 3 | It might turn out to be a drone |
| 57% | HIPSTER | 7 | This rep turned out to be a fashion icon |
| 57% | SPORTSMAN | 9 | Tramp’s son turned out to be a player |
| 57% | SLEEPER | 7 | Stage show that turns out to be an unexpected hit |
| 56% | SORES | 5 | Roses turn out to be painful things |
| 56% | UFO | 3 | Sighting in the sky that might turn out to be a weather balloon: Abbr. |
| 54% | DELIBOYS | 8 | Comedy series about brothers whose father's business turns out to be a drug front |
| 53% | FATAL | 5 | A flat turned out to be deadly |
| 53% | LITERAL | 7 | A tiller turned out to be exact |
| 53% | FATAL | 5 | A flat turned out to be lethal |
| 53% | ARCANE | 6 | A crane turned out to be hidden |
| 53% | WASTE | 5 | A stew turned out to be rubbish |
| 53% | BAY | 3 | Mosquito ___, glowing bioluminescent waters in Puerto Rico, natural phenomenon turned out to be a tourist attraction |
| 52% | ART | 3 | ___ Vandelay, George's recurring fake character who turns out to be a real judge in the final "Seinfeld" episode |
| 52% | DUCKVANDYKE | 11 | Actor rejected for portraying Dr. Mark Sloane of "Diagnosis: Murder" because he turned out to be a real quack? |
| 52% | AIMLESS | 7 | A smile's turned out to be random |
| 50% | UFOS | 4 | Curiosities that often turn out to be drones: Abbr. |
| 49% | LAMA | 4 | Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, born as Lhamo Dhondup in 1935, turned out to be a very important one of these |
| 49% | ENDSUP | 6 | Turns out to be |
| 49% | ENDEDUP | 7 | Turned out to be |