| 100% | STALE | 5 | Well past the freshness date, in terms of bread |
| 57% | ROTTING | 7 | Well past the freshness date, say |
| 45% | STALE | 5 | Past the freshness date, as cookies |
| 45% | STALE | 5 | Past the freshness date, as potato chips |
| 44% | RETRO | 5 | Blast from the past, in terms of fashion |
| 42% | CIRCA | 5 | Approximately, in terms of dates |
| 40% | BRO | 3 | Term of address in the 'hood |
| 40% | YOUALL | 6 | Term of address in the South |
| 40% | YALL | 4 | Term of address in the South |
| 40% | LORDSHIP | 8 | Term of respect in the U.K. |
| 40% | SIR | 3 | Term of address in the armed forces |
| 40% | ERA | 3 | Stone or bronze age in terms of the time period |
| 39% | BYGONE | 6 | Well in the past |
| 39% | HALEST | 6 | In the best of health |
| 38% | ENBY | 4 | Term of identity added to the O.E.D. in 2022 |
| 38% | YORE | 4 | Term referring to days in the past |
| 38% | ARID | 4 | Like the Sahara, in terms of climate |
| 38% | ACE | 3 | Best card in the game of war |
| 38% | ONEUP | 5 | Best in the name of pettiness, maybe |
| 37% | WERE | 4 | Past tense of "be" in the plural form |
| 37% | MARLBORO | 8 | Best-selling brand of cigarettes in the world |
| 37% | ATODDS | 6 | Not on the best of terms |
| 37% | ATEST | 5 | Blast of the past, in brief |
| 37% | ACESOUT | 7 | Gets the best of, in slang |
| 37% | ILL | 3 | Not in the best of health |
| 37% | OLDDOG | 6 | One who's past the age of learning, in a saying |
| 36% | RATSO | 5 | Nickname in the Best Picture of 1969 |
| 36% | ACEDOUT | 7 | Got the better of, in a contest |
| 36% | OBS | 3 | Out of date, in the OED |
| 36% | BRO | 3 | Popular term of address among men in the US and New Zealand |