| 100% | AROSE | 5 | Came up, as a topic of conversation |
| 68% | ARISE | 5 | Come up, as a topic |
| 57% | AROSE | 5 | Became a topic of conversation |
| 57% | COMEUP | 6 | Become a topic of conversation |
| 56% | ARISE | 5 | Come up, as a subject |
| 56% | ARISE | 5 | Come up, as a problem |
| 56% | ARISE | 5 | Come up, as a complication |
| 56% | ARISE | 5 | Come up, as a situation |
| 53% | BROACH | 6 | Open up, as a topic |
| 52% | AROSE | 5 | Came up, like a discussion topic |
| 52% | HATCH | 5 | Come up with, as a scheme |
| 52% | RELOAD | 6 | Come up again, as a web page |
| 52% | VENT | 4 | Come up for air, as a whale |
| 51% | LETDIE | 6 | Abandon, as a conversation topic |
| 50% | RAVEL | 5 | Come apart, as a piece of yarn |
| 49% | MOAT | 4 | Tom comes up with a form of defence |
| 49% | TENOR | 5 | General character, as of a conversation |
| 49% | CONTINENTS | 10 | Topic of the mnemonic "Eat An Apple As A Nighttime Snack" |
| 49% | SEGUE | 5 | Transition into a new topic of conversation |
| 48% | RIFFLE | 6 | Mix up, as a deck of cards |
| 48% | ADDS | 4 | Totals up, as a column of numbers |
| 48% | BAKE | 4 | Whip up, as a batch of cookies |
| 48% | SHINE | 5 | Spiff up, as a pair of shoes |
| 48% | RETURNTOTHEFOLD | 15 | Come back as part of a community |
| 48% | MOOR | 4 | Tie up, as a ship (anagram of "room") |
| 47% | REGREW | 6 | Came back, as a severed head of the Hydra |
| 46% | BLOAT | 5 | Swell up, as a belly full of food (rhymes with "float") |
| 46% | WAIVE | 5 | Give up, as rights during a police questioning (homophone of "wave") |
| 45% | SWITCHGEARS | 11 | Move onto a new topic of conversation, metaphorically |
| 45% | LETDIE | 6 | Not bring up again, as a topic |