| 100% | PLEADTO | 7 | Accept, as a lesser charge in exchange for admitting guilt |
| 48% | PLEADTO | 7 | Accept, as a lesser charge |
| 48% | PLEADSTO | 8 | Accepts, as a lesser charge |
| 39% | PLEADDOWN | 9 | Cop (to), as a lesser charge |
| 36% | PLED | 4 | Accepted a lesser charge, say |
| 36% | HIRE | 4 | Offer to pay, in exchange for a service |
| 36% | PAWNED | 6 | Exchanged for cash, in a way |
| 35% | TENS | 4 | You can get two in exchange for a $20 bill |
| 34% | DENY | 4 | Not accept, as a charge |
| 34% | PLED | 4 | Admitted guilt in order to receive a lighter sentence, perhaps |
| 34% | PORE | 4 | A little hole or opening in the skin for sweating |
| 34% | ONEUP | 5 | *Beat by a little, as in joke telling |
| 34% | MAGICBEANS | 10 | What Jack got in exchange for a cow, in a children's story |
| 33% | TOSSTO | 6 | Give, as a topic for discussion, in newscaster lingo |
| 33% | QUIDPROQUO | 10 | Withholding aid in exchange for a political investigation might be an example of one |
| 33% | NGALIEMA | 8 | Bay used as a port for Kinshasa in the DRC |
| 33% | CATFLAP | 7 | Little hole in a door for exiting felines |
| 32% | IDOL | 4 | Carrie Underwood joined it as a judge in 2025, for short |
| 32% | TLC | 3 | Little extra attention, as from a repairer, for short |
| 32% | SWITCHED | 8 | Made an exchange, as for a different seat |
| 32% | OILHOLE | 7 | Opening for a lubricant, as in a drill |
| 32% | LOOKUP | 6 | Search for, as in a dictionary: 2 wds. |
| 32% | POCO | 4 | Italian for a little, used in music |
| 31% | TRADEDIN | 8 | Exchanged, as an older car for a newer model: 2 wds. |
| 31% | DAIS | 4 | Raised platform, as for a model in art class |
| 31% | PDAS | 4 | Things such as petting in a zoo, for short? |
| 31% | PICKAT | 6 | Show little interest in, as a meal |
| 31% | LIEU | 4 | In __ of; as a substitute for |
| 31% | ASA | 3 | Chemical (abbr.) still registered as a trademark of Bayer for at least 120 years |
| 31% | IAGO | 4 | Parrot who serves as a sidekick for Jafar in the Disney animated film "Aladdin" |