| 100% | BELLY | 5 | When Santa laughs, it shakes “like a bowlful of jelly” |
| 42% | SHED | 4 | Get rid of, like a snake's skin when it molts |
| 40% | EXOTIC | 6 | Like a flower out of its natural habitat |
| 40% | LADEN | 5 | Like a beast of burden with its burden |
| 39% | JAM | 3 | It's a lot like jelly |
| 39% | SLEET | 5 | It's like a wintery mix of hail, snow, and rain |
| 39% | MANGY | 5 | Like a dog that might be losing some of its fur |
| 38% | MESSY | 5 | Like a desk that's a sign of genius, it's said |
| 37% | FOUNDMISSING | 12 | Like a stolen object, when it's not where it's supposed to be |
| 37% | BORNTOOLATE | 11 | Like a millennial who's a huge fan of 1960s-'70s music, it's said |
| 36% | MAHI | 4 | When repeated, it's the name of a common dolphinfish |
| 36% | BLUR | 4 | Result of a shaking hand when taking a selfie |
| 35% | TREMBLE | 7 | Shake like a leaf |
| 35% | TREMBLED | 8 | Shook like a leaf |
| 35% | AFRAID | 6 | Shaking like a leaf |
| 35% | BED | 3 | A word that, when written lowercase, looks like the piece of furniture that it represents |
| 35% | INTERROR | 8 | Shaking like a leaf, maybe |
| 35% | ARUM | 4 | Titan ___, which has an odor of a rotting corpse when it blooms |
| 34% | TEABAG | 6 | It can get out of hot water, but only when there's a string attached |
| 34% | MAHI | 4 | When repeated twice it's the name of a ray-finned fish: Hyph. |
| 34% | MELON | 5 | Fruit that's still a fruit when two of its letters are switched |
| 33% | GROGGY | 6 | A little out of it, like right after getting out of bed |
| 33% | CHA | 3 | When repeated, it's a type of dance from Cuba: Hyph. |
| 33% | TON | 3 | "It hit me like a ___ of bricks" |
| 33% | TON | 3 | "It hit her like a ___ of bricks" |
| 33% | CROWRINGGLORY | 13 | The magnificence of a black bird when it wears a circular piece of jewelry? (Toyota) |
| 33% | GREY | 4 | Dull color of the sky when it's overcast, or the color of a pebble |
| 33% | STANDINGO | 9 | What it's called when you get a rise out of an audience, for short? |
| 33% | SNAIL | 5 | "What did the ___ say when it was riding on the back of a turtle? Wheeeee!" |
| 33% | POET | 4 | Profession that, when its last letter is removed, becomes the surname of a noted practitioner |