| 100% | LUMP | 4 | Coal unit in one's stocking, say |
| 55% | NICER | 5 | Less deserving of coal in one's stocking |
| 51% | RUNS | 4 | Snags in one’s stockings |
| 50% | ANTED | 5 | Threw in one's two cents, say |
| 49% | TOTED | 5 | Carried in one's arms, say |
| 49% | IRRITANT | 8 | Smoke in one's eyes, say |
| 49% | ANTSY | 5 | Fidgeting in one's seat, say |
| 49% | CASHOUT | 7 | Hand in one's chips, say |
| 49% | HELD | 4 | Had in one's hands, say |
| 49% | ADD | 3 | Throw in one's opinion, say |
| 49% | ALOUD | 5 | Not in one's head, say |
| 49% | REWINDS | 7 | Pulls in one's line, say |
| 48% | ALOUD | 5 | Not just in one's head, say |
| 48% | HASABADHAILDAY | 14 | Gets dents in one's hood, say? |
| 48% | NADIR | 5 | Lowest point in one's career, say |
| 48% | ENERGIZING | 10 | Putting pep in one’s step, say |
| 48% | GRAYED | 6 | Lost melanin in one's hair, say |
| 48% | NOTED | 5 | Filed away in one's memory, say |
| 48% | SOWS | 4 | Works in one’s field, say |
| 48% | SCARED | 6 | Shaking in one’s boots, say |
| 47% | TEST | 4 | Dip one's toe in, say |
| 47% | ENTER | 5 | Try one's luck in, say |
| 46% | TWOS | 4 | "Terrible" time in one's life, it is said |
| 46% | NOTREAL | 7 | All in one's head, say (2 wds.) |
| 46% | PLED | 4 | Asserted one's innocence in court, say |
| 46% | RISKYMOVE | 9 | Investing all one's money in a penny stock, say |
| 45% | REP | 3 | One unit in a weightlifter's set |
| 45% | VOTE | 4 | Have one's say, in a way |
| 45% | VOTED | 5 | Had one's say in an election |
| 45% | VOTE | 4 | Have one's say, in an election |