| 100% | EYESLEFT | 8 | "Look west," to a drill sergeant |
| 75% | EASE | 4 | "At ___!" ("Relax," to a drill sergeant) |
| 74% | NOSIR | 5 | Denial to a drill sergeant |
| 72% | SNAPSTO | 7 | Reacts to a drill sergeant’s order |
| 61% | YESSIR | 6 | Recruit's response to a male drill sergeant's order: 2 wds. |
| 58% | STEP | 4 | Word repeated by a drill sergeant |
| 58% | BARK | 4 | Give orders like a drill sergeant |
| 58% | BARKS | 5 | Gives orders like a drill sergeant |
| 56% | EASE | 4 | "At ___!" (command from a drill sergeant) |
| 55% | BARK | 4 | Communicate like a drill sergeant |
| 55% | BARKED | 6 | Spoke like a drill sergeant |
| 55% | ATEASE | 6 | “Relax!” from a drill sergeant |
| 55% | DRESSRIGHT | 10 | Call from a drill sergeant |
| 53% | HUP | 3 | Start of a drill sergeant's count |
| 53% | ORDER | 5 | Item a drill sergeant might give you |
| 53% | SIR | 3 | How a drill sergeant might be addressed |
| 52% | ONE | 3 | Number replaced by "hup" by a drill sergeant |
| 52% | HUP | 3 | "___, two, three, four" (call from a drill sergeant) |
| 52% | HALT | 4 | Drill sergeant's order to stop |
| 52% | ATEASE | 6 | Drill sergeant's order to relax |
| 52% | OGLE | 4 | Look given to a looker, perhaps |
| 51% | DENTISTSCHAIR | 13 | Furniture item that's usually next to a drill |
| 50% | ATEASE | 6 | Drill sergeant's command to relax: 2 wds. |
| 50% | HUP | 3 | Drill sergeant's lead-in to "Two, three, four" |
| 49% | LEER | 4 | To cast a malicious look |
| 49% | TOOL | 4 | Drill, to a dentist |
| 48% | BORE | 4 | Drill deep to make a hole |
| 48% | SEEKINGHELP | 11 | Looking to buy a Beatles album? |
| 48% | BOREA | 5 | __ a resemblance to; looked like |
| 47% | ELM | 3 | West follower to mean a furniture giant |