| 100% | SWEET | 5 | __-talk; use flattery |
| 80% | CAJOLE | 6 | Convince using flattery |
| 80% | CAJOLE | 6 | Persuade using flattery |
| 80% | CAJOLES | 7 | Persuades using flattery |
| 79% | CAJOLE | 6 | Use flattery |
| 75% | CAJOLED | 7 | Used flattery to encourage |
| 71% | COAX | 4 | Persuade by using flattery |
| 68% | COAX | 4 | Attempt to influence by using flattery |
| 68% | SWEETTALK | 9 | Attempt to persuade using flattery (Hyph.) |
| 66% | POURITONTHICK | 13 | Use lots of flattery, say |
| 64% | BLARNEY | 7 | Great flattery, sweet talk |
| 63% | RANON | 5 | Used as a campaign talking point |
| 62% | SOFTSOAP | 8 | Flattery used to get one's way |
| 61% | SAVEYOURBREATH | 14 | "No use talking about it!" |
| 61% | GAG | 3 | Handkerchief used to prevent talking |
| 61% | GAG | 3 | Cloth used to prevent talking |
| 60% | BEES | 4 | Euphemism used when having "The Talk" |
| 59% | FLIRT | 5 | Use goo-goo eyes and make small talk, say |
| 58% | ROLEPLAYS | 9 | Uses sock puppets to talk to a therapist, say |
| 58% | GAG | 3 | Handkerchief used to stop someone from talking |
| 58% | LASER | 5 | "Pointer" used to highlight a talking point |
| 56% | ANDSHEWAS | 9 | Talking Heads song used in the movies "Storks" and "Bewitched" |
| 55% | SKYPE | 5 | Program used to talk with people over the Internet |
| 55% | AYE | 3 | Word used often on Talk Like a Pirate Day |
| 55% | EMOTION | 7 | "Sweet ___," 1975 Aerosmith hit that uses a talk box |
| 54% | GAG | 3 | Cloth that's used to stop someone from talking |
| 53% | ETRADE | 6 | Financial company whose commercials used to feature a talking baby |
| 49% | ANIMALFARM | 10 | 1945 novella that uses talking creatures to satirize Stalinist Russia: 2 wds. |
| 44% | SAFE | 4 | When used before 20a, a place where one can communicate and talk without feeling threatened |
| 42% | CAJOLES | 7 | Persuades with flattery |