| 100% | PRE | 3 | Before, when before |
| 85% | ANTE | 4 | Before, when placed before |
| 82% | ERE | 3 | Before, back when |
| 75% | PRE | 3 | It means "before" when put before |
| 73% | PRE | 3 | It means "before" when it comes before |
| 72% | LENT | 4 | Period before Easter when people repent |
| 70% | LIAR | 4 | When doubled, cry before "pants on fire" |
| 70% | LEAKED | 6 | When music is released illegally before planned |
| 68% | FASTER | 6 | When repeated, cry before "They're catching up!" |
| 68% | EXTRA | 5 | When repeated, cry before "Read all about it!" |
| 68% | DEARLY | 6 | Word used before “beloved” when addressing wedding attendees |
| 66% | MET | 3 | "Have we ___ before?" (question when you have deja vu) |
| 66% | ABOUT | 5 | What "~" means when seen before a number |
| 64% | NEER | 4 | When Romeo says he "saw true beauty" before seeing Juliet |
| 64% | ALFA | 4 | Letter before Lima and after Foxtrot when spelling 27-Down |
| 62% | OFFICE | 6 | When used before 20a, a place with cubicles, desks, and workers |
| 60% | TYGER | 5 | When repeated, words before "burning bright" to start a William Blake poem |
| 60% | ACTII | 5 | When Macbeth asks "Is this a dagger which I see before me?" |
| 60% | ACTII | 5 | When Macbeth says "Is this a dagger which I see before me …?" |
| 60% | DEEP | 4 | When used before 20a, the empty, far-off regions of the universe |
| 58% | MOMMA | 5 | When repeated, Harold Rome song lyric before "I fear you reared me wrong" |
| 58% | USERID | 6 | It's typed before a password when you're logging in: 2 wds. |
| 58% | ASH | 3 | Fire residue, that turns into a vegetable when used before "gourd" |
| 57% | ANAPEST | 7 | One of four in "'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house" |
| 55% | ANAPEST | 7 | It occurs four times in "'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house" |
| 55% | SAFE | 4 | When used before 20a, a place where one can communicate and talk without feeling threatened |
| 54% | ERE | 3 | Before, before |
| 54% | PRE | 3 | Before, before |
| 54% | ALT | 3 | Word that indicates "different than the usual" when put before a music genre |
| 53% | ILOVEPARIS | 10 | Song lyric before "in the winter when it drizzles" and "in the summer when it sizzles" |