| 100% | ICEFALL | 7 | Edge of a glacier where it breaks up into blocks |
| 43% | COASTLINE | 9 | The edge of a country where it meets the sea |
| 37% | WINGLET | 7 | It turns up at the edge of a plane |
| 36% | USSR | 4 | It broke up into 15 independent countries beginning in 1990: Abbr. |
| 36% | PANGEA | 6 | It broke up in the age of dinosaurs |
| 35% | RAIL | 4 | Upper edge of a pool table |
| 35% | RIM | 3 | Upper edge of a drinking glass |
| 34% | GUNWALE | 7 | Upper edge of a ship's side |
| 34% | ARMADILLO | 9 | It rolls up into a ball when threatened |
| 33% | DISPERSAL | 9 | The breaking up of a group or crowd |
| 33% | SYLLABLES | 9 | They break up the pronunciation of a word |
| 32% | RIDGE | 5 | Upper edge of a hill ... or a pleat on a Ruffle |
| 32% | SCARIFIER | 9 | Spiked tool breaks up the surface of a lawn |
| 32% | OBSESSION | 9 | A lot of thought goes into it |
| 32% | TWINE | 5 | It ties up a bale of hay |
| 32% | ESTUARY | 7 | Wide part of a river where it meets the sea |
| 32% | ESTUARY | 7 | Lower part of a river where it meets the sea |
| 32% | GUNWALE | 7 | Upper edge of the side of a ship |
| 32% | TREE | 4 | Where a sloth spends most of its life |
| 32% | TRADEAREA | 9 | Where a company draws most of its business |
| 32% | BURGLARY | 8 | Crime of breaking into a building |
| 31% | FARM | 4 | Where you might turn up a lot of dirt |
| 31% | HONEY | 5 | It may be drizzled into a cup of tea |
| 31% | GRATER | 6 | It's used to shred a block of cheese |
| 31% | LOFT | 4 | Upper level of a barn where hay is stored |
| 31% | LOFT | 4 | Upper level of a barn where hay is kept |
| 31% | PHSCALE | 7 | Bases make up a part of it |
| 31% | AGO | 3 | "We broke up a month ___ . . ." (first line of Olivia Rodrigo's "Happier") |
| 31% | CALVE | 5 | Break off a chunk of the Lamplugh Glacier, for example |
| 31% | SIXAM | 5 | It comes a quarter of the way into the day |