| 100% | NLER | 4 | What an A is not |
| 71% | AJAR | 4 | What a door is when it's not a door, in an old joke |
| 68% | FLAT | 4 | What an a cappella singer never wants to be |
| 66% | TIP | 3 | What an aglet is for a shoelace |
| 65% | RIPE | 4 | What an issue must be before a court |
| 64% | REAL | 4 | What a mirage is not |
| 63% | CITY | 4 | What an honored visitor may be given a key to |
| 62% | SEEN | 4 | What a burglar hopes not to be |
| 60% | ADHOMINEM | 9 | What a tu-quoque argument is an example of |
| 60% | NEED | 4 | What air is not for an anaerobe |
| 59% | FOOD | 4 | "I am not a glutton — I am an explorer of ___": Erma Bombeck |
| 59% | NEMO | 4 | Captain who says "I am not what you call a civilized man!" |
| 59% | EBBING | 6 | What a tide is doing when it's not flowing |
| 59% | TAT | 3 | What a sleeve on an arm might be, for short |
| 59% | TOKEN | 5 | What a quarter may be exchanged for at an arcade |
| 59% | AMPHIBIAN | 9 | A frog is not a reptile, but an __ |
| 59% | NEMO | 4 | Literary captain who says "I am not what you call a civilized man!" |
| 59% | VERNE | 5 | Author of the quote "I am not what you call a civilized man!" |
| 59% | NEMO | 4 | Fictional character who says "I am not what you call a civilized man!" |
| 58% | SCAM | 4 | What a phone call about an extended vehicle warranty often is |
| 58% | DRYEYE | 6 | What there may not be "in the house" during a tearjerker |
| 58% | MELTS | 5 | What an M&M does “in your mouth, not in your hand,” per a longtime slogan |
| 56% | BACHELOR | 8 | A man who is not married; an academic degree |
| 56% | ANTHONYBOURDAIN | 15 | Author/TV personality who wrote "Your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park" |
| 56% | EARTH | 5 | What is the only planet in our solar system not named for a deity? |
| 56% | CHAIN | 5 | What a "series" of fools may be called, according to an Aretha Franklin song? |
| 55% | LANDOWNER | 9 | What a freed slave was to become in an 1865 order that was eventually overturned |
| 55% | EXAM | 4 | What an A student may ace |
| 54% | ROBBERY | 7 | What fair exchange is not |
| 54% | CANON | 5 | What fan fiction is not |