| 100% | SAYIT | 5 | "I hate to ___, but..." (tell): 2 wds. |
| 74% | ANAG | 4 | "I hate to be ___, but ... " (complaint opening) (2 wds.) |
| 63% | ILLBITE | 7 | "Pretty sure it's a trick, but tell me" (2 wds.) |
| 60% | INMY | 4 | "___ opinion...": 2 wds. (according to me) |
| 59% | ASK | 3 | "I hate to ___, but . . ." |
| 58% | ASET | 4 | "I'd hate to break up ___" ("The full collection is nice to have"): 2 wds. |
| 56% | AHEM | 4 | "I hate to interrupt, but ..." |
| 56% | AHEM | 4 | "I hate to intrude, but ..." |
| 56% | IKNOW | 5 | "You don't need to tell me": 2 wds. |
| 56% | IKNEW | 5 | "You didn't have to tell me" (2 wds.) |
| 56% | AWORD | 5 | "I need to tell you something" (2 wds.) |
| 55% | CUT | 3 | "I hate to ___ you off, but ..." |
| 55% | BURST | 5 | "I hate to ___ your bubble, but …" |
| 55% | BEA | 3 | "If I live to ___ hundred ...": 2 wds. |
| 55% | AMAP | 4 | "Do I have to draw you ___?": 2 wds. |
| 54% | IKNEWTHAT | 9 | "You didn't need to tell me": 3 wds. |
| 53% | ILAY | 4 | "Now ___ me down to sleep ...": 2 wds. |
| 52% | ISAW | 4 | "You don't have to tell me about it" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | WHYME | 5 | "What did I do to deserve this?!?": 2 wds. |
| 52% | WHYME | 5 | "What did I do to deserve this?": 2 wds. |
| 52% | NOWI | 4 | "___ lay me down to sleep ...": 2 wds. |
| 52% | NOWI | 4 | "___ lay me down to sleep...": 2 wds. |
| 52% | IDSAY | 5 | "According to me": 2 wds. |
| 52% | ORSO | 4 | "... ___ I'm told" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | BALLGAME | 8 | "Take Me Out to the ___" (seventh-inning song): 2 wds. |
| 51% | IMEAN | 5 | "What I wanted to say", in other words: 2 wds. |
| 51% | AMAP | 4 | "Do I need to draw you ___" (atlas feature): 2 wds. |
| 51% | AMAP | 4 | "Do I need to draw you ___?" (atlas feature): 2 wds. |
| 51% | DADJOKE | 7 | "I used to hate my beard, but then it grew on me," e.g. |
| 51% | ONELINER | 8 | “I used to hate facial hair, but then it grew on me,” e.g. |