| 100% | SEAR | 4 | Cook so as to lock in the flavor, say |
| 41% | LEST | 4 | So as to avoid the hazard |
| 40% | STEEPS | 6 | Soaks so as to extract flavor |
| 40% | DISSOLVED | 9 | Got mixed in liquid so as to form a solution, say |
| 40% | LEANIN | 6 | Move so as to hear better, say |
| 40% | NIN | 3 | Writer who said "Living never wore one out so much as the effort not to live" |
| 40% | INTENT | 6 | Locked in, so to speak |
| 39% | UPSTAIRS | 8 | In the brain, so to speak |
| 39% | LOST | 4 | In the dark, so to speak |
| 39% | UPTOP | 5 | In the brain, so to speak |
| 39% | AWARE | 5 | In the loop, so to speak |
| 39% | WARM | 4 | In the ballpark, so to speak |
| 39% | FLYLOW | 6 | Move so as to evade detection, in a way |
| 39% | MUTED | 5 | So as not to be overheard, say |
| 39% | ONTIPTOE | 8 | So as not to wake anyone, say |
| 39% | ELITE | 5 | In the one percent, so to speak |
| 38% | RURAL | 5 | In the country, as opposed to the city |
| 38% | MTN | 3 | PepsiCo used these three letters in 2008 to rebrand the soft drink that now offers Pitch Black as a flavor |
| 38% | TACT | 4 | Phrasing so as not to offend, say |
| 38% | PICNIC | 6 | Walk in the park, so to speak |
| 38% | ROARED | 6 | Rolled in the aisles, so to speak |
| 38% | UNBORN | 6 | Still in the oven, so to speak |
| 38% | OWE | 3 | Be in the hole, so to speak |
| 38% | PASTS | 5 | Skeletons in the closet, so to speak |
| 38% | DAMAGECONTROL | 13 | Finger in the dike, so to speak |
| 38% | FLAWS | 5 | Flies in the ointment, so to speak |
| 38% | UNBORNBABY | 10 | Bun in the oven, so to speak |
| 38% | WEALTHY | 7 | Rolling in the dough, so to speak |
| 38% | ALIVE | 5 | Still in the running, so to speak |
| 37% | JAILBREAK | 9 | Modify so as to bypass a device's restrictions, in hacker lingo |