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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% BAIT Metaphor for an incentive (4) Newsday Jul 19, 2018
3% SPURS Incentives (5) (5) Mirror Quick Dec 6, 2025
3% CENT Incentive to have money (4) (4) Mirror Cryptic Nov 28, 2025
3% PERK Employee's incentive (4)
3% CARROTAND Incentive/punishment system * (9) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 23, 2025
3% FENCE Metaphorical place of indecision (5) New York Times Nov 23, 2025
3% NOD Approval metaphor (3) Newsday Nov 22, 2025
3% TONGUE Metaphorical wagger (6) Newsday Nov 20, 2025
3% DODO Obsolescence metaphor (4) Newsday Nov 15, 2025
3% REINS Metaphor for control (5) LA Times Daily Nov 15, 2025

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