| 100% | HATE | 4 | "I __ to say it, but ... " |
| 100% | HATE | 4 | "I ___ to say it, but ... " |
| 90% | PAINS | 5 | "It ___ me to say this, but . . ." |
| 81% | ABSENCE | 7 | They say it makes the heart grow fonder, but I've also heard it makes the heart to wander |
| 78% | EEYORE | 6 | Kid-lit character who says, "It's not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it" |
| 75% | YEAHABOUTTHAT | 13 | "I wasn't going to say anything, but since you brought it up ..." |
| 72% | AHAB | 4 | Literary captain who says, "I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing" |
| 72% | PAINS | 5 | "It ___ me to say this …" |
| 70% | ALAS | 4 | "I hate to say it . . ." |
| 70% | ALAS | 4 | "It pains me to say ..." |
| 70% | IFEAR | 5 | "It distresses me to say ..." |
| 70% | ALAS | 4 | "It pains me to say ... " |
| 69% | DONTRUSHME | 10 | “I said I’ll get to it when I can” |
| 68% | NOT | 3 | "It's ___ for me to say" |
| 66% | NOT | 3 | "It's __ for Me to Say"; Mathis song |
| 66% | NOT | 3 | "It's __ for Me to Say"; Mathis hit |
| 66% | MAE | 3 | West who said "I used to be Snow White, but I drifted" |
| 66% | WEST | 4 | Mae who said "I used to be Snow White, but I drifted" |
| 65% | YOUHEARDME | 10 | "I'm not going to say it again" |
| 65% | MATHIS | 6 | "It's Not for Me to Say" crooner |
| 65% | DADJOKE | 7 | "I used to hate my beard, but then it grew on me," e.g. |
| 65% | ONELINER | 8 | “I used to hate facial hair, but then it grew on me,” e.g. |
| 65% | WHO | 3 | "___ am I to say?" |
| 64% | ITS | 3 | "___ not for me to say" |
| 64% | ITS | 3 | “— not for me to say” |
| 64% | ITS | 3 | "__ not for me to say" |
| 63% | EEYORE | 6 | "It's not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it" speaker |
| 63% | EEYORE | 6 | “It’s not much of a tail, but I’m sort of attached to it” speaker |
| 63% | IKNOW | 5 | "No need to say it again" |
| 63% | SAMMALONE | 9 | Sitcom character who said "Not many people know this, but I happen to be famous" |