| 100% | GLAD | 4 | Adjective that, when its lone vowel is doubled, becomes an advocacy organization |
| 47% | LOIN | 4 | Body part that becomes an animal when its vowels are swapped |
| 44% | STREP | 5 | Ailment whose name becomes an actress when its vowel is doubled |
| 43% | MERE | 4 | English adjective that becomes a French noun when an accent is added |
| 41% | EARL | 4 | Name that becomes an adjective when "-y" is added |
| 38% | LUTE | 4 | Stringed instrument that becomes a woodwind instrument when an F is added to the start of its name |
| 36% | HIRE | 4 | Verb that becomes its opposite when its first letter is changed to an "f" |
| 35% | MILA | 4 | Woman's name that becomes a country when its vowels are swapped |
| 34% | FIRING | 6 | Word that becomes its opposite when "F" is changed to "H" |
| 34% | SER | 3 | Spanish verb that becomes 13-Across when an "a" is inserted |
| 34% | HAIR | 4 | Musical that becomes another musical when "spray" is added to it |
| 34% | PACT | 4 | Word that becomes its own synonym when “com-” is added to it |
| 33% | EVER | 4 | Word that becomes its own opposite when "n" is added to the front |
| 33% | IDA | 3 | Name that becomes a contraction when an apostrophe and a hyphen are added |
| 33% | HEAR | 4 | Verb that, when its first letter is removed, becomes the body part that does it |
| 33% | POET | 4 | Profession that, when its last letter is removed, becomes the surname of a noted practitioner |
| 33% | MYRA | 4 | Woman's name that becomes another woman's name when its vowels are switched |
| 33% | TIS | 3 | Old contraction that becomes its modern counterpart when the first two letters are switched |
| 33% | LUTE | 4 | Instrument that becomes a different instrument when an "f" is added at the start |
| 33% | POSTMARK | 8 | Ink stamp on an envelope that might identify when and where it was mailed |
| 32% | CITED | 5 | Word that becomes its own synonym when RED is inserted between its first two letters |
| 32% | LUTE | 4 | Instrument that becomes another instrument when "F" is added to the start of its name |
| 32% | ASP | 3 | Animal that becomes another animal when w is added to the beginning of its name |
| 32% | OTELLO | 6 | Verdi opera that becomes the name of a board game when an "H" is inserted |
| 32% | TAIL | 4 | Verb that retains its meaning when an r is inserted after the first letter |
| 31% | TEAK | 4 | Plant whose name becomes that of a meat product when an s is added to the beginning |
| 31% | ELISSA | 6 | Woman's name that becomes another woman's name when an "M" is added to the front |
| 31% | PERU | 4 | Country whose name becomes that of a currency when its second letter is doubled and its last two letters are moved to the front |
| 31% | SURE | 4 | Word that conveys skepticism when its vowel sound is dragged out |