| 100% | UPSWING | 7 | An increase in strength or quality; golf movement |
| 46% | RAISE | 5 | An increase in salary for performance or seniority |
| 37% | TONE | 4 | Increase in strength, with "up" |
| 35% | INFLATION | 9 | An increase in price and fall in purchasing power |
| 35% | ARISE | 5 | Get up for an increase in pay |
| 35% | EXPAND | 6 | Increase in size or scope |
| 35% | PAYRISE | 7 | Increase in wages or salary |
| 34% | IRE | 3 | Cause of an increase in blood pressure, maybe |
| 34% | GROWS | 5 | Increases in size, or gets bigger |
| 34% | MARKCUBAN | 9 | An increase in ham prices forced the deli to ___ sandwiches higher |
| 33% | DIURETIC | 8 | Drug that causes an increase in the flow of urine |
| 33% | JIG | 3 | Dance in 6/8 or 12/8 time that often formed the last movement of an 18th-century suite |
| 33% | FORTITUDE | 9 | Strength or courage in the face of adversity |
| 33% | STEEPENED | 9 | Increased in price, or made a higher grade |
| 33% | SCIENTIST | 9 | An expert in chemistry or biology |
| 33% | PAR | 3 | An equality in value or standing |
| 32% | OLDDUFFER | 9 | In golf, an aging player |
| 32% | GROWS | 5 | Increases or expands in size |
| 32% | ALBATROSS | 9 | Bird referenced in describing a great burden...or an epic golfing feat |
| 32% | MAGICIAN | 8 | An expert in illusions or sleight-of-hand |
| 32% | EERILY | 6 | In an unnatural or spooky manner |
| 32% | CHEEKILY | 8 | In an impertinent or impudent way |
| 32% | BEQUEST | 7 | In law, an inheritance or legacy |
| 32% | ALIENLY | 7 | In an unfamiliar or foreign manner |
| 31% | STAT | 4 | ''Now!'' in an OR |
| 31% | TIMBRE | 6 | The resonance or quality of tone of an instrument |
| 31% | REALITY | 7 | In metaphysics, an actual being or existence |
| 31% | SKIMP | 5 | Limit in quality or quantity |
| 31% | AKIN | 4 | Similar in quality or character |
| 31% | SHORTIRON | 9 | 8 or 9, in golf |