| 100% | CUT | 3 | "I hate to ___ you off, but ..." |
| 62% | ASK | 3 | "I hate to ___, but . . ." |
| 61% | BURST | 5 | "I hate to ___ your bubble, but …" |
| 59% | SAYIT | 5 | "I hate to ___, but..." (tell): 2 wds. |
| 59% | AHEM | 4 | "I hate to interrupt, but ..." |
| 59% | AHEM | 4 | "I hate to intrude, but ..." |
| 58% | DOOR | 4 | I close to conceal but you're rude not to hold me |
| 58% | ILLMANAGE | 9 | "No need to help me out, but thank you anyway!" |
| 58% | ANAG | 4 | "I hate to be ___, but ... " (complaint opening) (2 wds.) |
| 57% | ASK | 3 | "I sort of hate to ___ it, but do you have a basket?" (rhyming question from Little Red in "Into the Woods") |
| 55% | COMEOVER | 8 | "I want to see you but I don't want to leave my place" |
| 54% | ELON | 4 | Grimes tweeted at him, "I love you but please turn off ur phone or give me a dall. I cannot support hate. Please stop this. I know this isn't your heart" |
| 54% | AHEM | 4 | "Um, I hate to interrupt ..." |
| 54% | DRZHIVAGGO | 10 | Film character who says "I hate everything you say, but not enough to kill you for it" |
| 53% | CAP | 3 | "I doff my ___ to you!" ("Hats off!") |
| 53% | ROMCOM | 6 | "10 Things I Hate About You" or "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" |
| 51% | OKILLBITE | 9 | "You're probably going to get me, but go ahead" |
| 51% | DADJOKE | 7 | "I used to hate my beard, but then it grew on me," e.g. |
| 50% | OURS | 4 | Belonging to you and me |
| 50% | OUR | 3 | Belonging to you and me |
| 50% | OUR | 3 | Belonging to you and I |
| 50% | OURS | 4 | Belonging to you and me? |
| 50% | PERSONAL | 8 | Specific to you or me |
| 50% | ALOT | 4 | "I know it's ___ to ask from you but...": 2 wds. |
| 49% | OUR | 3 | Belonging to you and me, say |
| 49% | WOULD | 5 | "__ I lie to you?" |
| 49% | ABOUT | 5 | "10 Things I Hate ___ You" (1999 film) |
| 49% | BOOPANTS | 8 | "Ugh, I hate having to wear trousers"? |
| 49% | ONELINER | 8 | “I used to hate facial hair, but then it grew on me,” e.g. |
| 49% | EYESORE | 7 | You hate to see it! |