| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| EMPTINESS | Futility | |
| POINTLESSNESS | Futility | |
| WORTHLESSNESS | Futility | |
| USELESSNESS | Futility | |
| NUGACITY | Futility; trifling talk or behavior; drollery. | |
| INEFFICACY | Want of power to produce the desired or proper effect; inefficiency; ineffectualness; futility; uselessness; fruitlessness; as, the inefficacy of medicines or means. | |