| 100% | OBIE | 4 | Award that becomes an instrument by changing an I to an O |
| 45% | LIVIA | 5 | Woman's name that becomes another woman's name by adding an O to the start |
| 39% | WHATSGOINGON | 12 | 1971 song of protest by Marvin Gaye that later became an anthem of change: 3 wds. |
| 38% | ERG | 3 | Unit of work that becomes a word meaning "thus" if you add an O to the end |
| 38% | FIESTAS | 7 | Parties that become naps when their first letter is changed to an "s" |
| 38% | LUTE | 4 | Stringed instrument that becomes a woodwind instrument when an F is added to the start of its name |
| 38% | NOTRE | 5 | French word that becomes its own opposite by changing the first letter to V |
| 38% | HIRE | 4 | Verb that becomes its opposite when its first letter is changed to an "f" |
| 38% | VOLES | 5 | Animals that become different animals when their first letter is changed to an "M" |
| 37% | TARANTO | 7 | Italian city that becomes a Canadian city by changing its two A's into O's |
| 37% | WRISTS | 6 | Body parts that become other body parts if you change the second letter to an A |
| 36% | STRANGEFRUIT | 12 | Poem of protest written by Abel Meeropol and sung by Billie in 1939 that later became an anthem of change: 2 wds. |
| 36% | SEW | 3 | Verb that becomes its homophone by changing its vowel |
| 36% | LEBARON | 7 | Chrysler model whose name becomes that of a country when its fifth letter is changed to an n |
| 35% | RIAL | 4 | Currency whose name can become its country's name by changing its last letter to an N and scrambling |
| 34% | NESS | 4 | Suffix that changes an adjective to a noun |
| 34% | SURVIVE | 7 | "I Will ___," breakup song by Gloria Gaynor that is an inspiration to move on |
| 34% | ELM | 3 | Tree that becomes a Muppet if you add an "o" to the end |
| 34% | POME | 4 | Fruit that becomes another fruit by adding "granate" to the end |
| 33% | LUTE | 4 | Instrument that becomes another instrument when "F" is added to the start of its name |
| 33% | LUTE | 4 | Instrument that becomes another instrument if you add an F at the beginning |
| 33% | NIA | 3 | Name that becomes another name by adding So to the start |
| 33% | LUTE | 4 | Instrument that becomes a different instrument when an "f" is added at the start |
| 32% | AYE | 3 | "___, by that kiss, I vow an endless bliss": Keats |
| 32% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument that an orchestra tunes to |
| 32% | EGRET | 5 | Bird that becomes an emotion if an "r" is added to the front |
| 32% | SHARD | 5 | Item that can be described by changing its last letter to a P |
| 32% | LUTE | 4 | It becomes a different instrument by adding "f" to the front |
| 32% | FIRING | 6 | Word that becomes its opposite when "F" is changed to "H" |
| 32% | UNSEE | 5 | “I wish I could ___ that” (response to an icky image) |