| 100% | DEJA | 4 | ___ vu ("Has this happened before?" feeling) |
| 86% | DEJA | 4 | ___ vu ("this has happened before" feeling) |
| 56% | HAD | 3 | "I've never ___ this happen before!" |
| 53% | TIMEFLIES | 9 | This happens when you're having fun |
| 52% | EARLYON | 7 | Before much has happened |
| 51% | DEJA | 4 | ___ vu ("Didn't we just have this?" feeling) |
| 50% | CARPENTER | 9 | Jesus had this vocation before preaching |
| 48% | ABOUT | 5 | "I have a bad feeling ___ this" |
| 47% | OHDEAR | 6 | "I have a bad feeling about this" |
| 47% | UHOH | 4 | "I have a bad feeling about this" |
| 47% | DEJAVU | 6 | "I've seen this before" feeling |
| 46% | MET | 3 | "Have we ___ before?" (question when you have deja vu) |
| 46% | ENVY | 4 | "It should have happened to me instead" feeling |
| 46% | UHOH | 4 | "I have a bad feeling about this": Hyph. |
| 46% | UHOH | 4 | "I have a bad feeling about this!" (Hyph.) |
| 45% | DEJA | 4 | It feels like I've been here before, ___ vu! |
| 45% | HAS | 3 | "___ this ever happened before?" |
| 44% | ABAD | 4 | "I have ___ feeling about this": 2 wds. |
| 44% | HAS | 3 | "This ___ never happened before!" |
| 43% | DEJA | 4 | ___ vu ("done that before" feeling) |
| 42% | AGO | 3 | "This should have happened long ___" |
| 41% | PREDATE | 7 | Happen before |
| 41% | PRECEDE | 7 | Happen before |
| 40% | EARLY | 5 | Happening before expectation |
| 40% | DEJA | 4 | ___ vu (feeling of already having experienced something) |
| 40% | DRAMA | 5 | [This is how it might have happened] |
| 40% | ITSNOTYOURFAULT | 15 | “Stop feeling guilty—these things happen!” |
| 40% | IMNOTOK | 7 | "These feelings have got me pretty down" |
| 40% | LSD | 3 | Pitcher Dock Ellis claimed to have used this before throwing a no-hitter in 1970 |
| 40% | PREDATED | 8 | Happened before something else |