| 100% | HONED | 5 | Bettered a skill with practice |
| 65% | HONE | 4 | Refine with practice, as a skill |
| 52% | HONE | 4 | Improve a skill through practice |
| 52% | ARTISTICABILITY | 15 | Skill with a paintbrush, say |
| 52% | PENMANSHIP | 10 | Skill with a writing tool |
| 49% | SPAR | 4 | Practice with a palooka |
| 48% | HONE | 4 | Refine with practice, as one's skills |
| 48% | HONE | 4 | Sharpen, as a skill (rhymes with "phone") |
| 48% | COOK | 4 | Person who has skill with a skillet |
| 48% | INEPT | 5 | A person with no skill |
| 48% | NEPOTIST | 8 | One with a family practice? |
| 48% | YOGA | 4 | Practice with a lotus position |
| 48% | SPAR | 4 | Practice with a boxing trainer |
| 48% | SPARRED | 7 | Practiced boxing with a partner |
| 48% | SPARRING | 8 | Practicing boxing with a partner |
| 47% | CULT | 4 | A secretive group with questionable practices |
| 46% | CPR | 3 | Skill practiced on a manikin, for short |
| 46% | MASTER | 6 | A person with great skill or proficiency |
| 46% | TACT | 4 | Skill to deal with a sensitive issue |
| 46% | DDS | 3 | Person with a practice: Abbr. |
| 46% | UPGRADE | 7 | Replace with a better model |
| 46% | UPGRADE | 7 | Replace with a better version |
| 46% | HAWKEYE | 7 | Avenger known for his skill with a bow and arrow |
| 45% | JOBROTATION | 11 | Practice that develops a variety of employee skills |
| 45% | TACT | 4 | Skill needed to deal with a sensitive issue |
| 45% | THEDEVILYOUKNOW | 15 | Better adversary to deal with, in a saying |
| 45% | CPR | 3 | ER skill practiced on a doll |
| 45% | YOGA | 4 | Exercise practice with a Bikram variety |
| 45% | SPAR | 4 | Do a practice round with Tyson |
| 45% | DOC | 3 | Pro with a practice, for short |