| 100% | STROKE | 6 | Butterfly or crawl, in swimming |
| 61% | STROKE | 6 | Butterfly or crawl |
| 53% | LAPS | 4 | Units in track or swimming |
| 53% | LAPS | 4 | Units in swimming or track |
| 51% | STROKE | 6 | Crawl or butterfly, e.g. |
| 49% | SWIMS | 5 | Does the crawl or butterfly |
| 47% | STROKE | 6 | Australian crawl or butterfly, to a swimmer |
| 47% | OPENWATER | 9 | __ swimming; sport in a lake, ocean or river |
| 46% | LAP | 3 | Unit of distance in car racing or swimming |
| 45% | CHRYSALIS | 9 | Pupa of a moth or butterfly in a cocoon |
| 45% | IRON | 4 | Word before Butterfly or Maiden in rock band names |
| 45% | LANES | 5 | Divisions in a swimming pool or on a highway |
| 45% | STROKE | 6 | Swimming technique such as the butterfly, dog paddle, or crawl, e.g. |
| 44% | FAR | 3 | Eighth or ninth word in the "Star Wars" opening crawl |
| 43% | EMOJI | 5 | Symbol in a text, like a birthday cake or a butterfly |
| 41% | KICKBOARD | 9 | Stroke improvement aid in swimming |
| 41% | KATIELEDECKY | 12 | Olympic gold medalist in swimming |
| 41% | MADAME | 6 | Butterfly or Bovary |
| 40% | SALMON | 6 | Pink-fleshed fish whose name stays the same whether swimming alone or in a group |
| 40% | MME | 3 | Butterfly or Bovary: Abbr. |
| 40% | NETS | 4 | Butterfly or fish catchers |
| 39% | INSECT | 6 | Butterfly or wasp, for example |
| 39% | ARTHROPOD | 9 | Butterfly or centipede, e.g. |
| 38% | NET | 3 | Mesh device used in catching butterflies or fish |
| 38% | MOVES | 5 | Walks, leaps, or crawls |
| 37% | SWIMS | 5 | Crawls, in a way |
| 37% | MEDLEY | 6 | In swimming, a race using different strokes |
| 37% | SWIM | 4 | Freestyle or crawl, for example |
| 37% | EMPEROR | 7 | Type of butterfly or penguin |
| 37% | ANT | 3 | It may crawl in colonies |