| 100% | ALAS | 4 | "I regret to tell you..." |
| 100% | SADLY | 5 | "I regret to tell you..." |
| 74% | ABOUTTHAT | 9 | "I meant to tell you ..." |
| 74% | SEE | 3 | "I tried to tell you ..." |
| 74% | BTW | 3 | "Oh, I meant to tell you ...," in texts |
| 72% | ANYADVICE | 9 | "Want to tell me how you'd handle this?" |
| 71% | AWORD | 5 | "I need to tell you something" |
| 71% | SADLY | 5 | "I regret to inform you..." |
| 70% | PSST | 4 | "I need to tell you something secret" |
| 69% | SECRET | 6 | I'm Going to Tell You a __, Madonna documentary |
| 69% | AWORD | 5 | "I need to tell you something" (2 wds.) |
| 69% | SEZME | 5 | "Cuz I told you to!" |
| 68% | BUT | 3 | "I'd tell you, ___ then I'd have to kill you" |
| 67% | NOFEAR | 6 | “I’ll tell you what freedom is to me: ___”: Nina Simone |
| 67% | MANY | 4 | "How ___ times do I have to tell you ..." |
| 66% | RUE | 3 | "You'll ___ the day you decided to cross me!" (deeply regret) |
| 66% | DIGTHIS | 7 | "Dude, I got something to tell you ..." |
| 65% | SITDOWN | 7 | "I'm about to tell you something shocking" |
| 65% | PSST | 4 | "___! I have something to tell you!" (whisper) |
| 64% | IVE | 3 | "___ got something to tell you ..." |
| 64% | IVE | 3 | "___ been meaning to tell you ..." |
| 64% | ALAS | 4 | "So sorry to tell you..." |
| 64% | ALAS | 4 | " I regret to say..." |
| 64% | PROTIP | 6 | "Let me tell you, this is how to do it" |
| 64% | TRYME | 5 | "I'm almost afraid to tell you" response |
| 64% | BADNEWS | 7 | "I didn't want to tell you this" |
| 63% | ELSE | 4 | "I don't know what ___ to tell you" |
| 62% | SEE | 3 | "I told you that was going to happen" |
| 62% | ARE | 3 | "What ___ you trying to tell me?" |
| 62% | IVE | 3 | "___ got to tell you something ..." |