| 100% | OWE | 3 | Be in the red, say? |
| 95% | OWED | 4 | Was in the red financially, say |
| 79% | OWE | 3 | In the red, say |
| 79% | ASEA | 4 | In the Red, say |
| 79% | OWE | 3 | Be in the red |
| 79% | OWED | 4 | Was in the red |
| 79% | OWES | 4 | Is in the red |
| 78% | OWE | 3 | Be in the red, financially |
| 78% | OWED | 4 | Was in the red, financially |
| 78% | OWES | 4 | Is in the red, financially |
| 78% | OWED | 4 | Was in the red financially |
| 76% | PLAY | 4 | Be in the game, say |
| 76% | AWARE | 5 | Be in the know, say |
| 75% | RUNATAB | 7 | Be in the red for black and tans? |
| 70% | KNEEL | 5 | Be in the front row in a team photo, say |
| 69% | KNELT | 5 | Was in the front row of a team photo, say |
| 69% | STINKS | 6 | Has been in the fridge too long, say |
| 69% | ASHAMED | 7 | Red in the face, say |
| 69% | SKINDEEP | 8 | In the saying, beauty is only __ |
| 68% | MIRREN | 6 | Helen, she was in The Queen, Excalibur and Red |
| 68% | LED | 3 | Was in charge of the troop, say |
| 67% | AREA | 4 | "I was in the ___ and thought I'd say hi" |
| 64% | SAD | 3 | Be down in the dumps, say |
| 64% | TWOCENTS | 8 | In the US, what one's opinion is said to be worth |
| 64% | SEA | 3 | In the world, there is a Red one and a Dead one |
| 63% | LIE | 3 | Say "The check is in the mail," maybe |
| 62% | PLUM | 4 | Fruit in the William Carlos Williams poem "This Is Just to Say" |
| 61% | QUEBRACHO | 9 | South American tree such as the Red — whose wood is used in tanning |
| 60% | MONGOL | 6 | Asian empire said to be the largest in history |
| 60% | FIRE | 4 | Something said to be in the eyes or belly |