| 100% | UMIAK | 5 | Boat sometimes built around a whalebone frame |
| 39% | HULL | 4 | Structure built around a keel |
| 38% | RIAD | 4 | Large Moroccan house built around a courtyard |
| 38% | SCAFFOLD | 8 | Platform built around a house for renovators |
| 37% | MOAT | 4 | First line of defense built around a castle |
| 37% | FENCE | 5 | It's built around a yard for privacy |
| 37% | TVDRAMA | 7 | Something that might be built around a police station |
| 36% | MAT | 3 | Border around a framed photo, often |
| 35% | BRA | 3 | Garment sometimes built into a top |
| 34% | HANDYMAN | 8 | Person hired to do small jobs around a building |
| 34% | BARB | 4 | ___ wire, usually placed around a building on its walls |
| 34% | BRA | 3 | Built-in part of a camisole, sometimes |
| 34% | BRA | 3 | Built-in part of a tankini, sometimes |
| 34% | SLUE | 4 | Swing around, as a boat |
| 33% | BRA | 3 | Built-in part of a tank top, sometimes |
| 33% | OAR | 3 | Boat mover that's sometimes called a "scull" |
| 32% | LIFEOFJAWS | 10 | Swim around, scare some people, ram a boat …? |
| 31% | BIMINI | 6 | Canvas suntop on a frame for a cruiser boat |
| 31% | ARMATURE | 8 | Metal skeleton around which a clay model is built |
| 31% | RAFT | 4 | Simple boat that a castaway might try to build |
| 31% | SCIENTIST | 9 | "The ___," Coldplay song that is built around a piano ballad and reached No. 10 on the UK Charts |
| 31% | MADEA | 5 | Female character around whom Tyler Perry has built a franchise |
| 31% | DINGHY | 6 | A small open-topped boat, sometimes made of rubber |
| 30% | BRA | 3 | Undergarment that's sometimes built into a camisole |
| 30% | ARK | 3 | Biblical boat built by Noah that is a homophone of 25d |
| 30% | CONE | 4 | What's sometimes placed around a dog's neck after surgery |
| 30% | CANOE | 5 | Boat you might paddle around a lake |
| 28% | MOATS | 5 | Ditches around forts built as a defense |
| 28% | URBAN | 5 | Around a city |
| 28% | BIB | 3 | It's sometimes around a toddler's neck at mealtime |