| 100% | PREMISE | 7 | Base an argument (on) |
| 100% | PREMISED | 8 | Based an argument on |
| 76% | PREMISE | 7 | What a movie or an argument is based on |
| 65% | SOUND | 5 | Based on good reasoning, like an argument |
| 57% | MILITARYCOUPLING | 16 | Fraternization on an army base? |
| 57% | AIDA | 4 | Musical based on an opera |
| 56% | PREMISE | 7 | Base of an argument or theory |
| 56% | PLATTER | 7 | An old-fashioned record, based on its shape |
| 55% | SEDERS | 6 | Meals based on an Exodus chapter |
| 54% | USAGE | 5 | What an electric bill is based on |
| 54% | RETREAD | 7 | Hackneyed work based on an old idea |
| 54% | AIDA | 4 | Elton John musical based on an opera |
| 54% | HAMILTON | 8 | Musical based on an American Founding Father |
| 54% | WAYNESWORLD | 11 | 1992 movie based on an "SNL" sketch |
| 54% | BAMBI | 5 | Disney film based on an Austrian novel |
| 54% | EURO | 4 | Its symbol is based on an epsilon |
| 54% | AIDA | 4 | "Another Pyramid" musical based on an opera |
| 53% | YENTL | 5 | Movie based on an Isaac Bashevis Singer story |
| 53% | ROOTS | 5 | TV miniseries based on an Alex Haley novel |
| 53% | ROOM | 4 | 2015 film based on an Emma Donoghue bestseller |
| 53% | AMISTAD | 7 | 1997 Spielberg drama based on an 1839 mutiny |
| 53% | GETSHORTY | 9 | 1995 film based on an Elmore Leonard novel |
| 53% | GMAIL | 5 | App whose logo is based on an envelope |
| 53% | AEON | 4 | "___ Flux" (2005 movie based on an MTV series) |
| 53% | EYRE | 4 | "Jane ___" (2011 movie based on an 1847 novel) |
| 53% | IDEAL | 5 | "An ___ Husband" (1999 film based on an Oscar Wilde play) |
| 52% | PORGY | 5 | DuBose Heyward novel on which an opera was based |
| 52% | ITSPAT | 6 | 1994 film based on an "S.N.L." skit |
| 52% | GETSHORTY | 9 | 1995 crime caper based on an Elmore Leonard novel |
| 52% | ATLAS | 5 | "___ Shrugged" (2011 movie based on an Ayn Rand book) |