| 50% | DOWNCAST | 8 | With eyes looking towards the floor |
| 50% | PLAN | 4 | Look to the future |
| 50% | PLANS | 5 | Looks to the future |
| 46% | TIMETRAVELING | 13 | Journeying to the past and future |
| 46% | SEER | 4 | Person who looks into the future |
| 45% | ROSY | 4 | How the future looks to an optimist |
| 45% | SEERESS | 7 | She looks to the future |
| 45% | YODAISMS | 8 | "Always in motion is the future" and others |
| 44% | SEER | 4 | One who looks to the future? |
| 44% | SEER | 4 | One looking into the future, supposedly |
| 43% | TIMETRAVEL | 10 | Plot device in “Back to the Future” and “Avengers: Endgame” |
| 43% | CARPENTER | 9 | The Walrus and the __; Through the Looking-Glass |
| 43% | TEXTURE | 7 | The feel and look of a patterned surface |
| 43% | SHOE | 4 | Protects the foot and looks nice |
| 42% | LEA | 3 | Actress Thompson from "Back to the Future" and "Howard the Duck" |
| 42% | DESIGN | 6 | Plan showing the proposed look and function |
| 42% | WINDSWEPT | 9 | Exposed to the elements and looking bedraggled |
| 41% | LAWRENCE | 8 | The Hunger Games and Don't Look Up actor Jennifer |
| 41% | AMBITIONS | 9 | Hopes and aspirations for the future |
| 40% | TEE | 3 | Look-alike and homophone of the first letter of this answer |
| 40% | SEER | 4 | Person who can look into the future |
| 40% | SEERS | 5 | Ones who can look into the future |
| 39% | EGAN | 4 | Jennifer —, author of novels The Keep and Look at Me |
| 39% | BLEAK | 5 | "The future looks ___." (Not promising) |
| 39% | EGAN | 4 | Jennifer —, author of the novels The Keep and Look at Me |
| 38% | EYED | 4 | Looked up and down, gave it the once over |
| 38% | IWON | 4 | The name of a hit 2014 single by Future and Kanye West: 2 wds. |
| 38% | PAST | 4 | ___, present, and the future |
| 38% | ODD | 3 | ___ Future (music collective whose members have included Frank Ocean and Tyler, the Creator) |