| 100% | AEROSTAT | 8 | Balloon or blimp |
| 60% | AEROSTAT | 8 | Balloon or dirigible |
| 55% | IST | 3 | Suffix with balloon or cartoon |
| 54% | AMMO | 4 | Water balloons or snowballs, often |
| 53% | GROW | 4 | Snowball, balloon, or mushroom |
| 53% | AMMO | 4 | Water balloons or paintballs, e.g. |
| 53% | AMMO | 4 | Water balloons or paintballs, for short |
| 53% | GROWS | 5 | Balloons, mushrooms, or snowballs |
| 52% | BURST | 5 | Popped, as a balloon or a bubble |
| 52% | AIRSHIP | 7 | Blimp or zeppelin, for example |
| 51% | GROW | 4 | Mushroom or balloon |
| 51% | GROW | 4 | Bloom or balloon |
| 50% | AIR | 3 | Tyre or balloon filler |
| 50% | GROW | 4 | Snowball, mushroom or balloon |
| 50% | AMMO | 4 | Snowballs or water balloons |
| 49% | DIRIGIBLE | 9 | Airship lifted by gas like a zeppelin or blimp |
| 49% | POP | 3 | Something to do to a balloon or a wheelie |
| 49% | BLIMP | 5 | Small airship or barrage balloon |
| 49% | ANIMAL | 6 | Word with party or balloon |
| 49% | TRIAL | 5 | Word with lawyer or balloon |
| 48% | SAILFIN | 7 | Balloon molly, or __ molly, has a large belly |
| 47% | AIRSHIPS | 8 | Powered flying balloons, also called blimps |
| 46% | AIRCRAFT | 8 | A plane, a helicopter or a balloon |
| 46% | POP | 3 | Rupture, as a bubble or a balloon |
| 46% | GAMEBOOTH | 9 | Setting for balloon darts or a ringtoss |
| 45% | UFOS | 4 | They often turn out to be just weather balloons or drones: Abbr. |
| 42% | HOTAIR | 6 | What a liar or a balloon may be full of |
| 42% | REVEAL | 6 | Pop a balloon filled with pink or blue confetti, say |
| 41% | UFO | 3 | What a drone or weather balloon might be mistaken for: Abbr. |
| 36% | IST | 3 | Ending for "bassoon" or "balloon" |