| 100% | HITANDRUN | 9 | Car accident where the wrongdoer flees the scene: Hyph. |
| 38% | RUNSAWAY | 8 | Flees the scene |
| 38% | RAN | 3 | Fled the scene |
| 37% | RAN | 3 | Fled the scene, say |
| 37% | RANOFF | 6 | Fled the scene: 2 wds. |
| 36% | BAILS | 5 | Cowardly flees the scene |
| 33% | ESCAPEARLES | 11 | Flee the city where van Gogh worked |
| 33% | OUTTAKE | 7 | Scene where the actors break character, perhaps |
| 31% | GTO | 3 | Car seen in the opening scene of "Dazed and Confused" |
| 31% | FIREESCAPE | 10 | Where the "balcony scene" takes place in "West Side Story" |
| 31% | TBIRD | 5 | Car mentioned in the Beach Boys' "Fun, Fun, Fun": Hyph. |
| 31% | DRIVEIN | 7 | Movie venue where patrons stay in the car |
| 31% | WHIPLASH | 8 | Injury to the neck, usually from car accident |
| 31% | DRIVEWAY | 8 | Entrance to a house, where the car goes |
| 31% | INVERTED | 8 | Roller coaster where cars hang below the track |
| 30% | ONRAMP | 6 | Area where you enter the freeway: Hyph. |
| 30% | GAWK | 4 | People often do this at the scene of an accident |
| 29% | DITCH | 5 | Where a car may end up after an accident |
| 29% | TUNISIA | 7 | North African country where the Tatooine scenes of "Star Wars" were filmed |
| 28% | ITS | 3 | Where _____ at (the scene) |
| 28% | KEEPAWAY | 8 | Kids' game where one team prevents the other from getting the ball: Hyph. |
| 28% | DENVERBOOT | 10 | Car-immobilizing device named for the city where it was invented |
| 28% | RIO | 3 | Setting for the memorable cable car scene in "Moonraker" |
| 28% | SAIGON | 6 | City where the first scene of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s “The Sympathizer” takes place |
| 28% | EATME | 5 | Message on the "cake car" in the climactic scene of "Animal House" |
| 27% | ARUN | 4 | "Make ___ for it" (flee the scene): 2 wds. |
| 27% | NONFICTION | 10 | Type of book where the author writes about real events like Michelle Obama's "Becoming": Hyph. |
| 26% | TRADEIN | 7 | Used car that can decrease the cost of a new one: Hyph. |
| 26% | CAIRO | 5 | Where the Mississippi meets the Ohio |
| 26% | DELTA | 5 | Where the river meets the sea |