| 100% | BAILOUTS | 8 | Emergency assistance, from nautical lingo |
| 42% | AID | 3 | Assistance from maiden |
| 41% | YAR | 3 | Maneuverable, in nautical lingo |
| 40% | STOP | 4 | Lie to, in nautical lingo |
| 40% | SHELFHELP | 9 | Assistance from a tall librarian? |
| 38% | LOAN | 4 | Financial assistance from a bank |
| 38% | FIRSTAID | 8 | Emergency medical assistance |
| 37% | PORT | 4 | Starboard's opposite, in nautical lingo |
| 37% | AMAIN | 5 | At full speed, in nautical lingo |
| 37% | LAIDTO | 6 | Stopped the ship, in nautical lingo |
| 36% | YARE | 4 | Responsive to the helm, in nautical lingo |
| 36% | SOS | 3 | Emergency signal from a boater |
| 36% | ABORT | 5 | Emergency cry from a pilot |
| 36% | SOS | 3 | Emergency call from a boat |
| 36% | SOS | 3 | Emergency call from a sailor |
| 35% | LIETO | 5 | Remain stationary while facing the wind, in nautical lingo |
| 35% | LAIDTO | 6 | Stopped a ship using the wind, in nautical lingo |
| 34% | SOS | 3 | Emergency letters from a ship in peril |
| 33% | OTOH | 4 | From a different perspective, in chat room lingo |
| 33% | MALAYAN | 7 | __ Emergency; Southeast Asian war from 1948-60 |
| 33% | SOS | 3 | Morse code-based call for assistance from a ship at sea |
| 32% | ANCHOR | 6 | Sheet __, dropped from ships in an emergency |
| 32% | YANKS | 5 | Removes from the mound, in baseball lingo |
| 32% | TREY | 4 | Successful shot from downtown, in basketball lingo |
| 32% | BURN | 4 | Terminate from an agency, in spy lingo |
| 30% | EVAC | 4 | Emergency removal of people (as from a war zone), for short |
| 29% | RUNIT | 5 | Rehearse a play from start to finish, in theater lingo |
| 28% | RANIT | 5 | Rehearsed a piece through from start to finish, in theater lingo |
| 25% | BADDATES | 8 | "Emergency calls" may save you from them |
| 23% | HELP | 4 | Assistance |