| 100% | VERB | 4 | Action word such as "sink" or "swim" |
| 81% | ACTIVEVERB | 10 | Word such as "sink" or "swim" |
| 79% | VERB | 4 | Action word such as "speak" or "sing" |
| 61% | REPEATED | 8 | Words such as choo-choo or bye-bye |
| 59% | NOUN | 4 | Naming word such as a common — or proper — |
| 58% | HEDGING | 7 | Using words such as "possibly" or "I think" |
| 56% | LINKINGVERB | 11 | Word such as "be" ... or a punny description of the seven-letter word that can create new action words when its letters are inserted in the breaks of the circled action words |
| 56% | GENRE | 5 | Film category, such as romantic comedy or action |
| 56% | GENRE | 5 | Category such as action, sci-fi, or western |
| 52% | VERBS | 5 | Words of action, such as "grow" and "know" |
| 52% | GENRE | 5 | Artistic category, such as comedy or action |
| 51% | VERB | 4 | Sink or swim |
| 50% | NOUN | 4 | Word such as "word" |
| 50% | TOY | 3 | Plaything such as an action figure or stuffed animal that one may collect as a hobby |
| 50% | VERB | 4 | Sink or swim, e.g. |
| 49% | PALINDROMES | 11 | Words such as “racecar” and “kayak” |
| 48% | CONAIR | 6 | Big maker of small appliances, or, as two words, a 1997 action film |
| 48% | PRONOUNS | 8 | Words such as I, You, They, It |
| 46% | CONTINENT | 9 | Such as Europe or Africa |
| 44% | SIN | 3 | Cardinal ___ (action such as lust or gluttony) |
| 44% | VERB | 4 | Action word like "read" or "write" |
| 44% | VERB | 4 | Action word like "run" or "fly" |
| 43% | SITTING | 7 | Action word that goes with baby, dog or house |
| 43% | VERB | 4 | Action word like "go," "do," or "be" |
| 43% | GOURD | 5 | Fruit such as a pumpkin or squash |
| 43% | RITE | 4 | Ceremony such as a wedding or baptism |
| 43% | EEL | 3 | Fish such as a lamprey or conger |
| 43% | CANAL | 5 | Waterway such as the Panama or Erie |
| 43% | BEE | 3 | Insect such as the mason — or carpenter — |
| 43% | FERN | 4 | Houseplant such as a maidenhair or fiddlehead |