| 100% | TIEATIE | 7 | What you don't have to do on casual Friday |
| 56% | ELECTIVES | 9 | What you don't have to take |
| 54% | RESAW | 5 | What you may have to do if you don't measure twice |
| 53% | RHYME | 5 | What words don't have to do in free verse |
| 53% | TOES | 4 | What you don't want to step on |
| 52% | LISTEN | 6 | You don't have to face the music to do it |
| 51% | END | 3 | What you don't want a good show to do |
| 51% | ICANTAKEAHINT | 13 | "You don't have to explain what you mean" |
| 50% | TEAR | 4 | What you don't want your pants to do when you bend over |
| 48% | EASYA | 5 | Class where you don't have to study much to do well: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ANACONDA | 8 | One you don't want to have a crush on you |
| 46% | TAP | 3 | "What do you have on ___?" (question to a bartender) |
| 45% | HUM | 3 | What to do when you don't know the words |
| 45% | TAP | 3 | "What beers do you have on ___?" (question to a bartender) |
| 45% | ALEG | 4 | "You don't have ___ to stand on": 2 wds. |
| 45% | ELECTIVE | 8 | You don't have to take it |
| 45% | ASK | 3 | What to do if you don't see what you want |
| 45% | PAYCASH | 7 | What you may have to do if someone doesn't take charge? |
| 45% | LEG | 3 | "You don't have a ___ to stand on!" |
| 44% | BOUNCE | 6 | What you do on a trampoline; to quickly rebound |
| 44% | BLOW | 4 | What you do to a candle on a cake |
| 44% | LIE | 3 | What you'd do if you don't want the truth to come out |
| 44% | HUM | 3 | What to do when you don't know the words to a song |
| 44% | RENT | 4 | What homeowners don't have to pay |
| 44% | OPTIONAL | 8 | Something you don't have to choose |
| 43% | NONEED | 6 | "Really, you don't have to" |
| 43% | NONEED | 6 | "Seriously, you don't have to" |
| 43% | REEDIT | 6 | What you might have to do when you find your earth-shattering column on dandelions is 372 words too long for the space allowed |
| 43% | HURTLED | 7 | What you may have done on the UAE's Formula Rossa |
| 43% | TOW | 3 | What you would do to a car that has broken down |