| 100% | LOSE | 4 | Break an undefeated streak |
| 47% | CENSOR | 6 | Break an oath? |
| 46% | PEEK | 4 | Break an Xmas rule |
| 43% | INOT | 4 | Breaking an NFL tie, e.g. |
| 41% | CRACKING | 8 | Breaking, as an eggshell |
| 40% | HATCH | 5 | Break out of an egg |
| 40% | DISBAND | 7 | Break up, as an organization |
| 40% | HATCHING | 8 | Breaking out of an egg |
| 39% | INFRINGE | 8 | Break the terms of an agreement |
| 39% | TAKESTEA | 8 | Has an afternoon break |
| 39% | THENEWS | 7 | What an anchor breaks |
| 39% | HOLM | 4 | Fighter Holly who ended Ronda Rousey's undefeated streak |
| 38% | LOBSTERROLLS | 12 | "Crustacean Continues Streak, Remains Undefeated" |
| 38% | ENDIT | 5 | Break off an engagement, say: 2 wds. |
| 38% | BRINDLE | 7 | Streaked gray, as an animal's coat |
| 38% | LYSOSOME | 8 | An organelle that breaks down biological polymers |
| 38% | OMEN | 4 | Broken glass or an eclipse, to some |
| 38% | OMEN | 4 | Broken mirror or an eclipse, to some |
| 38% | TEASET | 6 | Service for an afternoon break |
| 38% | TAKETEA | 7 | Have an Earl Grey break |
| 38% | EGG | 3 | Something broken for an omelet |
| 38% | STAYINGINCHILD | 14 | Not breaking, as an actor |
| 37% | QUITSCHMIDT | 11 | Break up with an "unbreakable" Ellie Kemper character? |
| 37% | OMEN | 4 | An eclipse or broken glass, to some people |
| 37% | SILVERTEASET | 12 | Sterling service for an afternoon break |
| 37% | EVEN | 4 | "Never give a sucker an ___ break" |
| 36% | MOLD | 4 | Something broken by an innovator, idiomatically |
| 36% | TOS | 3 | Breaks in an N.B.A. game, for short |
| 36% | INTERLUDE | 9 | Short break during an on-stage performance |
| 36% | SNOOKERTABLE | 12 | Where an Englishman might get a break? |