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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CESSPOOL Corruption metaphor (8) LA Times Daily Jan 9, 2022
39% ROT Corruption, metaphorically (3) LA Times Daily Nov 12, 2023
3% WILDFIRE Metaphor for a runaway success (8) New York Times Feb 1, 2026
3% PALATE Sense metaphor (6) Newsday Jan 31, 2026
3% OUTONALIMB Potentially at risk, metaphorically (10) New York Times Jan 27, 2026
3% LAVA Metaphorically molten part of a dessert (4) The Atlantic Jan 25, 2026
3% STIFFUPPERLIP *Composure metaphor in a P.G. Wodehouse title (13) LA Times Daily Jan 25, 2026
3% ABSOLUTEPOWER What "corrupts absolutely", according to Lord Acton (13) The Times Specialist Sunday Jan 25, 2026
3% ICAL Suffix with method or metaphor (4) New York Times Jan 21, 2026
3% INSPECTOR Princes to corrupt police officer (9) (9) The Sun Two Speed Jan 19, 2026

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