| 100% | REFRACT | 7 | Alter the path of a wave as it changes mediums |
| 44% | MASTHEAD | 8 | The title of a newspaper as it appears in print |
| 40% | ALTER | 5 | Change, as the fit of a suit |
| 39% | EPEE | 4 | It involves a wave of the hand |
| 39% | FLIP | 4 | Change the loyalties of, as a witness |
| 38% | REFRACT | 7 | Change the direction of, as light through a prism |
| 38% | ARCED | 5 | Like the path of a lob |
| 37% | REALISM | 7 | The practice of accepting a situation as it is |
| 37% | ARCING | 6 | Like the path of a three pointer |
| 37% | SWEPTASIDE | 10 | Removed as with a wave of the hand |
| 37% | ARCING | 6 | Like the path of a high basketball shot |
| 37% | ARCED | 5 | Like the path of a high fly ball |
| 37% | ARC | 3 | Curving line like the path of a baseball |
| 37% | STEERED | 7 | Altered the direction of a vehicle |
| 36% | SHOO | 4 | It's said with a wave of the hand |
| 36% | ARCING | 6 | Like the path of a three-pointer, e.g. |
| 36% | ALA | 3 | State, in short, which had as its first permanent capital the community of Cahaba, now a ghost town |
| 36% | ARC | 3 | Path of a meteor in the sky |
| 36% | EDITS | 5 | Alters the text of a rough draft |
| 36% | HEMS | 4 | Alters the length of a skirt, say |
| 36% | POMPOM | 6 | It may be waved from the top of a pyramid |
| 36% | REROUTED | 8 | Changed the path of |
| 34% | NOUN | 4 | The subject of a sentence, as a rule |
| 34% | TRAILHEAD | 9 | The start of a path when hiking |
| 34% | MADEASLITADJUSTMENT | 19 | Altered the revealing side of a dress? |
| 34% | ERA | 3 | "It's the start of a new ___" ("History is changing") |
| 34% | OPERA | 5 | Peter Benchley described it as "where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings" |
| 34% | PRO | 3 | The opposite of a con, as on a list |
| 34% | METHANE | 7 | Change the name of a gas |
| 34% | EDIT | 4 | Change the wording of a manuscript |