| 100% | INDEED | 6 | "A friend in need is a friend ___" |
| 100% | INDEED | 6 | A friend in need is a friend ___ |
| 96% | INDEED | 6 | "A friend in need is a friend ____" |
| 93% | DEED | 4 | Friend in need is a friend in___ |
| 91% | INDEED | 6 | "A friend in need, is a friend ___" |
| 72% | INDEED | 6 | ''... need is a friend ___'' |
| 71% | LONELY | 6 | In need of a friend, say |
| 69% | HANGSOUTTODRY | 13 | Abandons, as a friend in need |
| 67% | BLEEDS | 6 | Is in need of a tourniquet |
| 67% | SAG | 3 | Be in need of a lift |
| 67% | SLOBBER | 7 | Be in need of a bib |
| 67% | ERR | 3 | Be in need of a correction |
| 67% | NEED | 4 | A friend in ___ is a friend indeed |
| 67% | SNORES | 6 | Is in need of a nasal strip |
| 67% | SNORES | 6 | Is in need of a CPAP, perhaps |
| 67% | AIL | 3 | Be in need of a sick day |
| 66% | NEED | 4 | "A friend in __ is a..." |
| 66% | NEED | 4 | "A friend in ___ is a..." |
| 65% | NEED | 4 | "A friend in ___ , is a friend..." |
| 64% | NEED | 4 | "A friend in ___ is a friend indeed" |
| 64% | NEED | 4 | "A friend in ___ is a friend indeed." |
| 64% | SISTERACHED | 11 | Family member was in need of a massage? |
| 63% | LISTENS | 7 | Is a good friend, in a way |
| 62% | NEED | 4 | "A friend in ___ is a friend indeed" (common rhyming idiom) |
| 60% | BUCKET | 6 | A drop in the __, a little bit of what is needed |
| 59% | VISAS | 5 | They need to be in order at a border |
| 59% | NEED | 4 | "A friend in __ is..." |
| 58% | ICE | 3 | What might need to be scraped off a windshield in winter |
| 58% | MARIA | 5 | She's a problem that needs to be solved, in song |
| 57% | HUCKLEBERRY | 11 | ___ Finn, a fictional character who first appeared in 51a and is a friend of the protagonist |