| 100% | SHANTY | 6 | "blow the man down," for one |
| 61% | ESTRAGON | 8 | One of the men waiting for Godot |
| 59% | TIGER | 5 | One fear for Dorothy, Scarecrow and the Tin Man |
| 57% | VLADIMIR | 8 | One of the men waiting in "Waiting for Godot" |
| 56% | REF | 3 | One who blows the whistle on the football field, for short |
| 56% | ELI | 3 | One of the Manning brothers who plays for New York Giants |
| 55% | TONYPARSONS | 11 | Author of novels Men from the Boys and One for My Baby |
| 52% | BALDRIC | 7 | Belt for a sword worn over one shoulder and reaching down to the opposite hip |
| 52% | OUT | 3 | Down for the count |
| 52% | KOD | 3 | Down for the count |
| 52% | ABED | 4 | Down for the night |
| 52% | KOED | 4 | Down for the count |
| 51% | KOD | 3 | Down for the count, briefly |
| 51% | KOD | 3 | Down for the count, informally |
| 51% | KOD | 3 | Down for the ten-count |
| 51% | PRIMATE | 7 | Man, for one |
| 51% | ISLE | 4 | Man, for one |
| 51% | NAP | 3 | A toddler may be put down for one |
| 51% | LIAM | 4 | ___ Payne, member of the boy band One Direction who is known for his single "Strip That Down" |
| 51% | KOD | 3 | Down for the count, for short |
| 51% | EVEREST | 7 | The Man Who Skied Down __, documentary |
| 50% | KOED | 4 | Down for the count, in brief |
| 50% | ENT | 3 | One who's often looking down in the mouth, for short? |
| 50% | LEAP | 4 | "That's one small step for man, one giant ___ for mankind." NASA's first words from the moon |
| 50% | KOED | 4 | Down for the count, as a boxer |
| 49% | ROOST | 5 | Settle down for the night |
| 49% | ENCAMPS | 7 | Settles down for the night |
| 49% | ROOSTED | 7 | Settled down for the night |
| 49% | ROOSTS | 6 | Settles down for the night |
| 49% | KAYO | 4 | Put down for the count |