| 100% | PRY | 3 | Extract a difficult secret from someone |
| 41% | IOU | 3 | Note from someone in a hole |
| 41% | WHATSTODAYSDATE | 15 | Question from someone writing a check |
| 41% | IMINTHEZONE | 11 | Declaration from someone on a hot streak |
| 41% | HOPETHISHELPS | 13 | Closing remark from someone answering a query |
| 41% | UPHERE | 6 | Whisper from someone hiding in a tree |
| 41% | IDEE | 4 | Extract from a French bean? |
| 41% | SAP | 3 | Extract from a Maple tree |
| 40% | AAH | 3 | Sound from someone slipping into a warm bath |
| 40% | SAYWHEN | 7 | Request from someone pouring a drink: 2 wds. |
| 40% | AAH | 3 | Sound from someone settling into a hot bath |
| 40% | SEEME | 5 | Question from someone waving across a crowded room |
| 40% | SNIFFLES | 8 | Nasal sounds from someone with a slight cold |
| 40% | SMELTING | 8 | Process for extracting a metal from its ore |
| 40% | SMELT | 5 | Extract metal from, in a way |
| 40% | MILK | 4 | Extract white stuff from a cow |
| 40% | DEPORTEE | 8 | Someone forcibly removed from a country |
| 39% | YELP | 4 | Cry of pain from someone after stubbing a toe |
| 39% | ELUTE | 5 | Extract, as a chemical from a solution |
| 39% | SMELT | 5 | Extract metal from ore, in a way |
| 39% | DEPORTEE | 8 | Someone subject to removal from a country |
| 39% | BYSTANDER | 9 | A witness, someone watching from the sidelines |
| 39% | ORE | 3 | A rock from which metals are extracted |
| 39% | CONFIDING | 9 | Trusting someone with a secret |
| 39% | STEVIA | 6 | Sweetener from a leaf extract |
| 39% | ORE | 3 | Metal extracted from a mine |
| 39% | ORE | 3 | Rock extracted from a mine |
| 39% | IVEGOTIT | 8 | Words from someone who has a bright idea (3 wds.) |
| 39% | AMILATE | 7 | Question from someone making a hurried entrance, perhaps (3 wds.) |
| 38% | MILKING | 7 | Extracting white liquid from a cow or goat |