| 100% | ERE | 3 | Before, in a ballade |
| 75% | ERE | 3 | Before in a poem |
| 72% | PRECEDED | 8 | Came before in a sequence |
| 69% | ERE | 3 | Before, in ballades |
| 69% | ERE | 3 | Before, in a poem |
| 69% | ERE | 3 | Before, in a sonnet |
| 67% | ERE | 3 | Before, in a syllable of old |
| 67% | ERE | 3 | Before, in a ballad or ode |
| 62% | PUPA | 4 | Insect in a stage before it's fully adult |
| 61% | COIN | 4 | It may be tossed in a fountain before a wish |
| 61% | COOKIES | 7 | Stored in a jar, not to be eaten before dinner |
| 60% | ERE | 3 | "Before," in a poetic verse |
| 60% | TAILGATE | 8 | Eat and drink in a parking lot before a sporting event |
| 59% | FURIOUSTRADER | 13 | One who got in before a crash? |
| 59% | ITLL | 4 | "___ be a cold day in hell before ..." |
| 59% | ERE | 3 | 'Before' in a bard's song |
| 58% | SEVENTEEN | 9 | A year before voting age in the US or UK |
| 58% | NEE | 3 | Word before a maiden name in wedding announcements |
| 58% | OATH | 4 | What a witness takes before testifying in court |
| 58% | APERITIF | 8 | Alcoholic drink served before a meal in France |
| 58% | ENVELOPE | 8 | Put a letter in one before sending it |
| 58% | FIRST | 5 | Before all others in a line |
| 57% | PSST | 4 | Sound before passing a note in class |
| 56% | ASTEROID | 8 | Rock in space, a meteor before it falls to earth |
| 54% | OBOE | 4 | Letter before Peter in a phonetic alphabet |
| 54% | LESS | 4 | Word before traveled, in a phrase |
| 54% | TIC | 3 | Syllable before "tac" in a game |
| 54% | THESPOILS | 9 | "___ Before Dying," a comedy miniseries in which Jimmy Fallon played detective Kenneth Bluntley |
| 53% | ODE | 3 | Word before "on a Grecian" in a Keats poem title |
| 53% | PHI | 3 | Letter before Beta in a society's name |