| 100% | DEFRAG | 6 | Do some maintenance on, as a PC's disk |
| 53% | AERATE | 6 | Do maintenance on, as a putting green |
| 49% | NOAHMILLS | 9 | Actor who learned to do some suturing for his role as a combat medic on NBC's "The Brave": 2 wds. |
| 45% | SERVICE | 7 | Perform maintenance on, as a car |
| 44% | LASED | 5 | Did some surgery on, as an eye |
| 43% | PREENS | 6 | Does some self-grooming, as a bird |
| 43% | MILK | 4 | Do some work on a dairy farm |
| 42% | GRADE | 5 | Do some work as a teaching assistant, maybe |
| 41% | REHEMS | 6 | Does more tailoring on, as a skirt |
| 41% | DUB | 3 | Do some voiceover work, as for a foreign film |
| 40% | MATTE | 5 | Not glossy, as a finish on some vehicles or lipsticks |
| 40% | ACE | 3 | Do superbly on, as a test |
| 40% | ACE | 3 | Do well on, as a test |
| 40% | OPENSFOR | 8 | Does business on, as a holiday |
| 40% | BLEW | 4 | Did horribly on, as a test |
| 40% | ACED | 4 | Did great on, as a test |
| 39% | SHOTPAR | 7 | Did as expected on a golf course: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ICON | 4 | A clickable symbol, such as the recycle bin on PCs |
| 38% | SHOE | 4 | Do some blacksmith's work on |
| 38% | RESHOE | 6 | Do some farrier's work on |
| 38% | SHOED | 5 | Did some blacksmith's work on |
| 38% | RESHOES | 7 | Does some farrier’s work on |
| 38% | RESHOES | 7 | Does some farrier's work on |
| 38% | SEW | 3 | Do repairs on, as a rip in a shirt |
| 36% | SAVE | 4 | Control + S, on a PC |
| 36% | SAVE | 4 | Ctrl + S, on a PC |
| 36% | SMUSH | 5 | Flatten, as a pie on someone's face |
| 36% | JOINTVENTURE | 12 | "My colleagues and I will do some exploratory work on your knee, in a ___," said the rheumatologist |
| 36% | BOOTEDUP | 8 | Started, as a PC |
| 36% | BOOTING | 7 | Starting, as a PC |