| 100% | MESSY | 5 | Complicated, as a relationship |
| 75% | ONAGAINOFFAGAIN | 15 | Intermittent, as a relationship |
| 75% | COZY | 4 | Close, as a relationship |
| 75% | TOXIC | 5 | Destructive, as a relationship |
| 75% | TOXIC | 5 | Unhealthy, as a relationship |
| 75% | CEMENTS | 7 | Strengthens, as a relationship |
| 75% | FORGE | 5 | Build, as a relationship |
| 72% | GETWEIRD | 8 | Turn awkward, as a relationship |
| 72% | END | 3 | Call off, as a relationship |
| 72% | SEVER | 5 | Cut off, as a relationship |
| 72% | REKINDLE | 8 | Start again, as a relationship |
| 72% | PLATONIC | 8 | Romance-free, as a relationship |
| 72% | ENDED | 5 | Broke off, as a relationship |
| 72% | END | 3 | Break off, as a relationship |
| 72% | TOXIC | 5 | Not healthy, as a relationship |
| 70% | ENDIT | 5 | Pull the plug, as a relationship |
| 70% | STALE | 5 | Lose its spark, as a relationship |
| 70% | ROCKY | 5 | Up-and-down, as a relationship |
| 69% | ROCKIER | 7 | More up-and-down, as a relationship |
| 69% | MESSY | 5 | Complicated, as a divorce |
| 69% | MESSY | 5 | Complicated, as a breakup |
| 65% | UNPACK | 6 | Attempt to grasp, as a complicated situation |
| 64% | KNOTTY | 6 | Extremely complicated, as a problem |
| 61% | GRASP | 5 | Fully understand, as a complicated topic (aptly rhymes with "clasp") |
| 59% | CLOSER | 6 | 2004 film starring Natalie Portman as a stripper in a deceitful relationship |
| 56% | KOLN | 4 | City that has what has been described as a "love-hate relationship" with Düsseldorf |
| 56% | ABOUTLASTNIGHT | 14 | 1986 rom-com starring Rob Lowe as a twentysomething inexperienced at relationships: 3 wds. |
| 55% | EVENNESS | 8 | Asymmetry, as in a relationship |
| 54% | USER | 4 | ___-friendly (not complicated, as a computer program) |
| 54% | USER | 4 | ___-friendly (not complicated, as a computer application) |