| 100% | ISHE | 4 | "Who ___ trying to impress?": 2 wds. |
| 87% | SHOWSOFF | 8 | Tries to impress everyone: 2 wds. |
| 84% | SHOWSOFF | 8 | Tries to impress other people: 2 wds. |
| 78% | PRMEN | 5 | Guys who try to help famous people's reputations: 2 wds. |
| 72% | FREEWILLY | 9 | 1993 film about a boy who tries to rescue a killer whale from an unscrupulous aquarium: 2 wds. |
| 70% | ROBERTSCOTT | 11 | British explorer who tried to beat 31-Across to the South Pole, and who didn't make it back: 2 wds. |
| 70% | SAUSAGEPARTY | 12 | Animated adult comedy film starring Seth Rogen, about a sausage who tries to discover the truth about his existence: 2 wds. |
| 70% | INOBLIVION | 10 | "Living ___," independent dark comedy starring Peter Dinklage about an indie-filmmaker who tries to make a low budget movie: 2 wds. |
| 68% | AIMAT | 5 | Try to hit: 2 wds. |
| 67% | JOHNNYBRAVO | 11 | Popular animated TV series with a boorish, muscular young man as its titular character who tries to get women to date him: 2 wds. |
| 67% | IWAS | 4 | "___ only trying to help": 2 wds. |
| 65% | HITUP | 5 | Try to get money from: 2 wds. |
| 64% | NIPAT | 5 | Try to bite, as a puppy: 2 wds. |
| 64% | NIPSAT | 6 | Tries to bite, like a puppy: 2 wds. |
| 64% | NIPAT | 5 | Try to bite, like a puppy: 2 wds. |
| 62% | BEA | 3 | "He's trying to ___ better man.": 2 wds. |
| 62% | BEA | 3 | "He's trying to ___ better man": 2 wds. |
| 62% | IMUP | 4 | "Stop trying to wake me, already!": 2 wds. |
| 61% | DOTOO | 5 | "She's trying to ___ much at once.": 2 wds. |
| 61% | ASAN | 4 | "Don't try to use that ___ excuse!": 2 wds. |
| 60% | PULLA | 5 | "Are you trying to ___ fast one on me?": 2 wds. |
| 60% | MICHAELDAWSON | 13 | The father who is trying to recover his son on "Lost," played by Harold Perrineau: 2 wds |
| 60% | ISPY | 4 | Game where people try to spot nearby items: 2 wds. |
| 60% | CALLERID | 8 | It tells people who's trying to reach them on the phone: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 60% | GETAT | 5 | "What are you trying to ___?" ("What are you implying?"): 2 wds. |
| 59% | GETUP | 5 | What boxers try to do after being knocked down: 2 wds. |
| 59% | IWAS | 4 | "___ only trying to help!" (2 wds.) |
| 59% | THEUNICORN | 10 | New CBS sitcom about a widower trying to date again: 2 wds. |
| 57% | NIPAT | 5 | Try to bite, puppy-style (2 wds.) |
| 57% | BIDON | 5 | Try to buy at auction (2 wds.) |