| 100% | MOVEIN | 6 | Begin to occupy, as a new home (2 wds.) |
| 61% | SWEARSIN | 8 | Administers an oath to, as a new officeholder: 2 wds. |
| 56% | TAKEON | 6 | Hire, as a new employee: 2 wds. |
| 56% | ADDIN | 5 | Contribute, as a new ingredient: 2 wds. |
| 56% | USHERIN | 7 | Mark the beginning of, as a new era (2 wds.) |
| 55% | INUSE | 5 | Occupied, as a restroom: 2 wds. |
| 55% | SATON | 5 | Occupied, as a chair: 2 wds. |
| 55% | INUSE | 5 | Occupied, as a loo: 2 wds. |
| 55% | INUSE | 5 | Occupied, as a lavatory: 2 wds. |
| 55% | ROLLSOUT | 8 | Introduces, as a new product line: 2 wds. |
| 54% | SATON | 5 | Occupied, as a bar stool: 2 wds. |
| 54% | INUSE | 5 | Occupied, as a conference room: 2 wds. |
| 54% | INUSE | 5 | Occupied, as a public restroom: 2 wds. |
| 53% | SOA | 3 | "And ___ a new chapter begins ...": 2 wds. |
| 53% | MADEOVER | 8 | Gave a new decor to: 2 wds. |
| 53% | TAKEUP | 6 | Begin, as a hobby: 2 wds. |
| 52% | USEON | 5 | Apply to, as a balm: 2 wds. |
| 51% | RINGUP | 6 | Put into the cash register, as a new sale: 2 wds. |
| 51% | TIEUP | 5 | Keep occupied, as a phone line: 2 wds. |
| 50% | LETON | 5 | Allow to board, as a crowded subway: 2 wds. |
| 50% | NIPAT | 5 | Try to bite, as a puppy: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ONCALL | 6 | Available to work, as a doctor: 2 wds. |
| 49% | BATIN | 5 | Drive home, as a base runner: 2 wds. |
| 49% | RUNAWAYBRIDE | 12 | 1999 movie starring Richard Gere as a news columnist doing a story on Julia Roberts' character: 2 wds. |
| 49% | USHERIN | 7 | Welcome, as a new year (2 wds.) |
| 49% | SITON | 5 | Suppress, as a news story (2 wds.) |
| 48% | BLACKPANTHER | 12 | 2018 Marvel movie with Martin Freeman as a CIA agent taken to Wakanda: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ENCINOMAN | 9 | 1992 comedy starring Brendan Fraser as a frozen caveperson come back to life: 2 wds. |
| 48% | THEFAVOURITE | 12 | 2018 dark comedy starring Emma Stone as a beloved servant to Queen Anne: 2 wds. |
| 48% | MAGGIEHASSAN | 12 | New Hampshire governor elected to her first term as a US senator in 2016: 2 wds. |