| 100% | FRAMES | 6 | Encloses in a border |
| 69% | KERNELED | 8 | Enclosed in a shell |
| 69% | EMBAY | 5 | Enclose in a recess |
| 69% | ENCASE | 6 | Enclose in a case |
| 67% | CAPSULATE | 9 | Enclosed in a case, as seeds |
| 67% | EMBED | 5 | Enclose in a blog post, perhaps |
| 65% | FRAMEABLE | 9 | Can be placed in a border |
| 64% | ENFRAMED | 8 | Put in a border, as a photo |
| 64% | LOVERMONEY | 10 | $10 bill enclosed in a Valentine card? |
| 63% | WALLINGUP | 9 | Enclosing, in a way |
| 63% | WALLED | 6 | Enclosed, in a way |
| 62% | CEDE | 4 | Formally give up, as land in a border dispute |
| 61% | ENCLAVE | 7 | Small area or group enclosed in a bigger one |
| 60% | HEMS | 4 | Fixes a border, in a way |
| 60% | ODEREATERS | 10 | Piranhas in a German border river? |
| 59% | PISTACHIO | 9 | Nut from the cashew family that is enclosed in a shell |
| 59% | UGANDA | 6 | Country with a border in Lake Victoria |
| 59% | BASINED | 7 | Enclosed in a round or oval-shaped tract of land, as with a lake |
| 56% | NARTHEX | 7 | Enclosed passage in a church |
| 56% | PEW | 3 | Enclosed seat in a church |
| 56% | COLLET | 6 | Enclosing rim in which a jewel is set |
| 54% | CHAMBER | 7 | Enclosed cavity in a house or space |
| 53% | CHECKPOINTS | 11 | Border stops ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 52% | GATED | 5 | Enclosed for security, in a way |
| 52% | RACY | 4 | Bordering on inappropriate, in a way |
| 50% | LAUNCESTON | 10 | Town in Cornwall near the Devon border housing a Norman castle |
| 50% | MELROSE | 7 | Town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland, housing a 12th-century abbey |
| 50% | POND | 4 | Small enclosed waterbody in a forest, say |
| 49% | LAUNCESTON | 10 | Town in N Cornwall near the Devon border housing a Norman castle |
| 49% | LAREI/DOTEXAS | 13 | Southern border city in a Larry McMurtry title |