| 100% | SATBY | 5 | Watched but didn’t intervene |
| 52% | SEWED | 5 | Hemmed, but didn't haw |
| 52% | DHED | 4 | Batted, but didn't field |
| 51% | DHED | 4 | Batted, but didn't field, briefly |
| 51% | MISHEARD | 8 | Listened but didn't get it |
| 50% | DHED | 4 | Hit but didn't field, in baseball |
| 50% | SATON | 5 | Had but didn't divulge, as information |
| 49% | YAWNED | 6 | Opened one's mouth but didn't speak? |
| 49% | DHED | 4 | Batted but didn't field, in MLB lingo |
| 48% | ALSORANS | 8 | They were in it but didn't win it |
| 48% | DHED | 4 | Was a swinger but didn’t play the field? |
| 47% | GUESSED | 7 | Didn't know but said something anyway |
| 47% | GUESSED | 7 | Didn't know, but got it right |
| 46% | DVRED | 5 | Didn't watch live, as a TV show |
| 44% | IMO | 3 | "You didn't ask, but …" to a texter |
| 41% | ATEOUT | 6 | Didn't cook, but didn't order in |
| 40% | MEH | 3 | "I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it either" |
| 40% | SATBY | 5 | Watched without intervening |
| 40% | NEEDSMUST | 9 | "I didn't want to do it, but I have no choice!" |
| 40% | OWN | 3 | We bore in mind their ___ individual requirements but didn't do special favours for any of them. |
| 38% | HILLARYRODHAM | 13 | She married Bill in 1975 but didn't start using his last name until his 1982 Arkansas gubernatorial campaign |
| 37% | INHALE | 6 | "...but I didn't ___" |
| 37% | MEH | 3 | “Not my favorite, but I didn’t hate it” |
| 36% | ARTICLE | 7 | What the Beatles had but Wings didn't? |
| 36% | COED | 4 | What Vassar became but Bryn Mawr didn't |
| 36% | JONI | 4 | Singer Mitchell who wrote "Woodstock" (but didn't attend) |
| 35% | THUS | 4 | He didn't win, but he did gain a few laughs, ____ setting in motion a phenomenal career. |
| 34% | BART | 4 | TV character who says "I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows" |
| 34% | DIESEL | 6 | Italian denim, T-shirt and watches brand |
| 33% | OPERATED | 8 | Didn't malfunction |