| 100% | BUOY | 4 | Bobber in a lake |
| 71% | ISLE | 4 | Land in a lake |
| 71% | ISLET | 5 | Land in a lake |
| 71% | CANOED | 6 | Paddled in a lake |
| 69% | OAR | 3 | Stick in a lake? |
| 65% | WATER | 5 | Colorless liquid in a lake, say |
| 65% | ISLE | 4 | Speck of land in a lake |
| 64% | FEELINGSUPERIOR | 15 | With one's fingers in a lake? |
| 64% | ISLET | 5 | Tiny bit of land in a lake |
| 64% | WATERLEVEL | 10 | What rises and falls in a lake |
| 63% | BUOY | 4 | Navigational item that bobs in a harbor |
| 62% | OPENWATER | 9 | __ swimming; sport in a lake, ocean or river |
| 62% | OAR | 3 | Tool that can be used in a lake |
| 62% | OPENWATER | 9 | Outdoor swimming sport, e.g. in a lake |
| 62% | ALGALBLOOM | 10 | Rapid green growth in a lake or pond |
| 61% | LOCH | 4 | A lake in Scotland, as the Ness |
| 60% | TARN | 4 | Lake in a cirque |
| 59% | ERIE | 4 | Lake in a classic mnemonic |
| 58% | JAZZHANDS | 9 | Spreading the digits in a Bob Fosse fashion |
| 58% | TREE | 4 | "Happy little" thing in a Bob Ross painting |
| 57% | ERIE | 4 | Home to Bessie, a lake monster in American folklore |
| 57% | CUECARDS | 8 | Prompting words, such as in a Bob Dylan video |
| 56% | RASTA | 5 | Bob Marley, or a Jamaican in dreads |
| 56% | BUOY | 4 | Bobbing marker in a harbor |
| 56% | TAHOE | 5 | Lake ___, a Western lake in the U.S. |
| 56% | TAHOE | 5 | Chevy SUV named after a lake in the Sierra Nevada |
| 56% | SEA | 3 | It's between a lake and an ocean in size |
| 56% | ERIE | 4 | Lake in Pennsylvania, also name of a city |
| 56% | LOCHNESS | 8 | Lake in Scotland allegedly haunted by a monster |
| 55% | ERIE | 4 | City on a lake of the same name in the US |