| 100% | PAUSE | 5 | Comma's meaning, to a speaker |
| 58% | GPA | 3 | Mean to a student? |
| 57% | GAGGIFT | 7 | It's meant to be received as a joke? |
| 56% | HONORARIA | 9 | Payments to a speaker |
| 56% | ALEXA | 5 | Address to a speaker |
| 55% | PSST | 4 | Furtive noise meant to get a person's attention |
| 55% | STET | 4 | What "........" means to a typesetter |
| 54% | ICE | 3 | What "rocks" means to a bartender |
| 54% | CLOT | 4 | What "thrombus" means to a doctor |
| 54% | TENTPOLES | 9 | Big-budget films meant to shore up a studio’s finances |
| 53% | UPBOW | 5 | What "V" means to a string player |
| 53% | PAWN | 4 | What "P" means to a chess player |
| 53% | ARE | 3 | What "r" may mean to a texter |
| 53% | TSURIS | 6 | Woes, to a Yiddish speaker |
| 53% | AMOR | 4 | Love, to a Spanish speaker |
| 53% | OCHO | 4 | Eight, to a Spanish speaker |
| 53% | AGUA | 4 | Water, to a Spanish speaker |
| 53% | EIRE | 4 | Ireland, to a native speaker |
| 53% | NADA | 4 | Nothing, to a Spanish speaker |
| 53% | NUIT | 4 | Evening, to a French speaker |
| 52% | ABRA | 4 | "Cadabra" starter to mean a magician's chant |
| 52% | BEAR | 4 | "Teddy" follower to mean a child's toy |
| 52% | BEE | 3 | "Spelling" follower to mean a children's competition |
| 52% | LOGIC | 5 | Means to solving a sudoku puzzle |
| 52% | AVG | 3 | Mean, to a statistician: Abbr. |
| 52% | AVERAGED | 8 | Reduced to a mean |
| 52% | BEANSTALK | 9 | Means to a goose laying golden eggs, in a fairy tale |
| 52% | LAG | 3 | Suffix with "jet" to mean a traveler's woe |
| 52% | JET | 3 | Word before "lag" to mean a traveler's concern |
| 52% | AGRI | 4 | Prefix with "culture" to mean a farmer's field |