| 100% | POORME | 6 | "I can't catch a break!" |
| 100% | OHME | 4 | "Jeez, I can't catch a break" |
| 85% | SIGH | 4 | "I just can't catch a break" sound |
| 85% | HASBADLUCK | 10 | Can't catch a break |
| 83% | NOLUCK | 6 | Can't catch a break: 2 wds. |
| 79% | LOSER | 5 | One who can't catch a break |
| 79% | POORSOUL | 8 | One who can't catch a break |
| 65% | NOLUCK | 6 | ''Couldn't catch a break'' |
| 61% | LOSER | 5 | He can't buy a break |
| 59% | SURF | 4 | Catch a break? |
| 59% | INLUCK | 6 | Catching a break |
| 58% | SURFER | 6 | One hoping to catch a break |
| 58% | EATMYDUST | 9 | "You can't catch me!" |
| 57% | LUCKOUT | 7 | Catch a break (2 wds.) |
| 57% | TON | 3 | "I can't, I've got a ___ of work" |
| 56% | XRAYLAB | 7 | Where doctors may catch a break? |
| 55% | CURSESFOULEDAGAIN | 17 | "Damn, I can't seem to get a ball into fair territory!"? |
| 53% | EGGS | 4 | "You can't make an omelet without breaking a few ___" |
| 53% | OMELET | 6 | It can't be made without breaking a few eggs |
| 53% | SATE | 4 | Word that can fill in the blanks in _ _ T I A _ _ to form a synonym of itself |
| 52% | CMON | 4 | "Can I get a break!?" |
| 51% | GIMME | 5 | "___ a break!" ("Cut me some slack!") |
| 50% | CPA | 3 | Pro who might not catch a break in the first qtr. |
| 50% | BINDING | 7 | Describes a contract that can't be broken |
| 50% | SMH | 3 | "I can't believe it," in a text |
| 50% | TACTICIAN | 9 | Rearranging attic, I can be a schemer |
| 49% | ERNIE | 5 | He said "I can't hear you, Bert, I've got a banana in my ear" |
| 49% | OMG | 3 | "I can't believe it!," in a text message |
| 49% | OMG | 3 | "I can't believe it!" to a texter: Abbr. |
| 49% | STAIRS | 6 | What a broken escalator can serve as, aptly |