| 100% | VIE | 3 | Compete with, or content for something |
| 54% | BILL | 4 | Invoice for payment ... or something to pay with |
| 46% | SWAM | 4 | Competed with Michael Phelps, for example |
| 46% | VIE | 3 | Compete for something |
| 45% | VIE | 3 | Compete with someone for attention; life in French |
| 45% | DOWN | 4 | Going along with someone or something |
| 45% | URGE | 4 | An impulse or hankering for something |
| 45% | CONDONE | 7 | Make allowances or excuses for something |
| 45% | BLASPHEMY | 9 | Irreverence for something sacred or inviolable |
| 45% | PENCHANT | 8 | Strong liking or inclination for something |
| 45% | PINE | 4 | Intense yearning for someone or something |
| 45% | RATSNEST | 8 | Metaphor for something messy or complicated |
| 45% | SNIGLET | 7 | Coinage for something with no name |
| 44% | FINANCE | 7 | To provide money for something or someone |
| 44% | STEEL | 5 | Get ready for something difficult or unpleasant |
| 44% | AVI | 3 | With bird or for bird? |
| 44% | YEARNS | 6 | "He ___ for home" (Pines, or longs for something, rhymes with "burns") |
| 43% | TEEM | 4 | Be overrun, or crawling with something |
| 43% | ENTREE | 6 | Something with one or more sides |
| 43% | RYE | 3 | Something to toast, or toast with |
| 43% | REASON | 6 | Excuse or justification for doing something |
| 43% | TILE | 4 | Something for a floor or roof |
| 43% | RUN | 3 | Compete for president or other leadership role |
| 43% | SPILL | 5 | Something to do with tea or beans |
| 43% | LIST | 4 | Something with bullet points or check boxes |
| 43% | MATTRESS | 8 | Something fit for a king or queen |
| 43% | GOAL | 4 | Something to shoot for ... or shoot at |
| 43% | TOY | 3 | Something for a kid to play with |
| 42% | MAL | 3 | Prefix with content or adroit |
| 42% | MAL | 3 | Prefix for content or practice |