| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| INEFFECTIVE | Futile | |
| VAIN | Futile | |
| POINTLESS | Futile | |
| UNAVAILING | Futile | |
| FRUITLESS | Futile | |
| USELESS | Futile | |
| PIPEDREAM | Futile hope | |
| STULTIFY | Render futile | |
| FUTILOUS | Futile; trifling. | |
| FUTILELY | In a futile manner. | |
| NUGATORY | Trifling; vain; futile; insignificant. | |
| HOPELESS | It’s futile without comedian Bob | |
| VAINLY | In an immodest (or futile) manner | |
| NOUSE | Futile for intelligence to have a loose end | |
| NUGIFY | To render trifling or futile; to make silly. | |
| INSIGNIFICANT | Having no weight or effect; answering no purpose; unimportant; valueless; futile. | |
| SCIOMACHY | A fighting with a shadow; a mock contest; an imaginary or futile combat. | |
| INEFFECTUAL | Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; an ineffectual expedient. | |