| 100% | ETS | 3 | "Close Encounters" beings |
| 81% | BRUSH | 5 | Close encounter |
| 75% | ETS | 3 | Beings involved in a "close encounter": Abbr. |
| 75% | THIRDKIND | 9 | Close Encounters of the __, UFO film |
| 73% | THIRDKIND | 9 | Close Encounters of the __; 1977 UFO film |
| 72% | UFO | 3 | Craft in a close encounter |
| 71% | THIRDKIND | 9 | Close Encounters of the __, 1977 sci-fi drama |
| 70% | UFO | 3 | One side in a close encounter |
| 69% | RIPER | 5 | Closer to being harvested |
| 69% | THIRDKIND | 9 | Sci-fi classic, Close Encounters of the __ |
| 69% | THIRDKIND | 9 | Spielberg sci-fi, Close Encounters of the __ |
| 67% | QUARTERS | 8 | Close __, being uncomfortably close to someone |
| 66% | SLAM | 4 | Close to being grand in Wimbledon |
| 66% | NOCIGAR | 7 | Reward for being close? |
| 64% | ANGELS | 6 | Heavenly beings encountered in dreams |
| 64% | RARER | 5 | Closer to being raw, as a steak |
| 64% | YAHOO | 5 | Brutish being encountered by Gulliver |
| 63% | UFO | 3 | Vehicle that might be involved in a close encounter: Abbr. |
| 63% | LIONWALKS | 9 | Close-up encounter experiences with maned big cats |
| 62% | ETS | 3 | Visitors at the end of Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
| 58% | UFO | 3 | ''Close Encounters'' focus |
| 56% | UFOS | 4 | "Close Encounters" hoverers, briefly |
| 54% | KIND | 4 | "Close Encounters of the Third ___" |
| 54% | TERI | 4 | Garr of "Close Encounters" |
| 52% | GARR | 4 | Dreyfuss's "Close Encounters" wife |
| 51% | ETS | 3 | They're encountered in close encounters |
| 51% | UFO | 3 | One encountered in a close encounter |
| 51% | ALIEN | 5 | "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" visitor |
| 51% | ETS | 3 | Creatures involved in "close encounters": Abbr. |
| 49% | UFO | 3 | "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" craft: Abbr. |