| 100% | CHASTE | 6 | "As ___ as Minerva" (austere or celibate) |
| 44% | INSTEAD | 7 | As a replacement or alternative |
| 44% | QUASI | 5 | As if; seeming or seemingly |
| 44% | THUS | 4 | As a consequence or result |
| 43% | ERGO | 4 | As a result of or consequently |
| 43% | MAGICALLY | 9 | As if by sorcery or witchcraft |
| 41% | PROFESSOR | 9 | Minerva McGonagall or Annalise Keating's job title |
| 41% | GODDESS | 7 | Minerva, Aphrodite, or Kali for example |
| 41% | PAVE | 4 | Resurface, as a road or driveway |
| 41% | OFF | 3 | Unlit, as a burner or lamp |
| 41% | SEARED | 6 | Prepared, as some scallops or tuna |
| 41% | SLIPON | 6 | Try, as a sweater or loafer |
| 41% | FIVESTAR | 8 | Exceptional, as a restaurant or hotel |
| 41% | VAST | 4 | Immense, as a desert or sea |
| 41% | CONSEQUENT | 10 | Following as an effect or result |
| 41% | SLAY | 4 | Kill, as a vampire or dragon |
| 41% | INTHEWAKEOF | 11 | Following as a consequence or result |
| 41% | AVERT | 5 | Avoid, as a risk or danger |
| 41% | PELT | 4 | Attack, as with eggs or snowballs |
| 41% | LOFTY | 5 | High, as some goals or expectations |
| 41% | ENROL | 5 | Register as a member or student |
| 41% | MEND | 4 | Repair, as fences (real or metaphorical) |
| 41% | BROAD | 5 | Wide, as some highways or shoulders |
| 41% | RESENT | 6 | Consider as an injury or affront |
| 41% | WADI | 4 | Valley, as in Arabia or Africa |
| 41% | MANTLES | 7 | Coverings, as of dust or snow |
| 41% | SLEW | 4 | Killed, as a vampire or dragon |
| 41% | PENCE | 5 | p as in Portsmouth or Plymouth |
| 41% | WED | 3 | Take as a husband or wife |
| 41% | SNARL | 5 | Tangle, as of hair or traffic |