| 100% | INTROUBLE | 9 | Between a rock and a hard place |
| 100% | TORN | 4 | Between a rock and a hard place |
| 99% | INABIND | 7 | Between a rock and a hard place, say |
| 89% | ARON | 4 | "Between a Rock and a Hard Place" memoirist Ralston |
| 82% | PLACE | 5 | Caught between a rock and a hard ___ |
| 82% | BETWEEN | 7 | ___ a rock and a hard place |
| 80% | BETWEEN | 7 | Caught ___ a rock and a hard place |
| 80% | BETWEEN | 7 | Caught __ a rock and a hard place |
| 79% | HARD | 4 | Caught between a rock and a ___ place |
| 70% | ROCK | 4 | Between a ___ and a hard place |
| 68% | PLACE | 5 | "Between a rock and a hard ___," phrase from Greek mythology that means a moral dilemma |
| 67% | HARDPLACE | 9 | Between a rock and a __ |
| 65% | HARDPLACE | 9 | "Caught between a rock and a __" |
| 62% | PATIO | 5 | Place between a house and a backyard |
| 60% | HARDPLACE | 9 | You get caught between a rock and here |
| 59% | MIXINGMETAPHORS | 15 | Stylistic faux pas that puts an editor between a rock and a black sheep? |
| 56% | TABLET | 6 | In Between a smartphone and laptop; slab of rock |
| 56% | PORCH | 5 | Place for a rocking chair and doormat |
| 54% | HARDPLACE | 9 | People are often caught "between a rock and a __" |
| 53% | NARROWGAP | 9 | What's between first place and a close second |
| 52% | JAIL | 4 | Square between Connecticut Avenue and St. Charles Place on a Monopoly board |
| 52% | PORCH | 5 | Place for a welcome mat and rocking chair |
| 50% | ALEO | 4 | Between a Cancer and a Virgo? |
| 48% | SIXTEENTOONS | 12 | Between a dozen and a score of Disney creations? |
| 48% | CRONUT | 6 | Cross between a doughnut and a croissant |
| 48% | BBEEDD | 6 | Item between a twin and a queen? |
| 48% | TROT | 4 | Gait between a walk and a canter |
| 48% | TROT | 4 | Pace between a walk and a run |
| 48% | AKA | 3 | Letters between a name and a nickname |
| 48% | AXIL | 4 | Angle between a leafstalk and a stem |