| 100% | BEDROCKANDBEDROLL | 17 | Factors to consider while trying to sleep on a campout? |
| 42% | RUPAULSDRAGACRE | 15 | Reality show about queens trying to look glamorous while working on a small farm? |
| 41% | BUNK | 4 | Place to sleep on a sub |
| 39% | SORE | 4 | Feeling the consequences of trying to nap on a plane |
| 39% | QUARTERS | 8 | Sleeping area assigned to officers on a warship |
| 39% | DOZEOFF | 7 | Start to sleep for a while |
| 37% | HOTELROOM | 9 | A place to sleep when away on business |
| 37% | SLID | 4 | Tried to avoid being tagged on a basepath |
| 36% | CAMPAIGN | 8 | A candidate trying to get elected is on this trail |
| 36% | PAR | 3 | Score to try for on a golf course |
| 35% | STANDBY | 7 | Amber light on a monitor to indicate sleeping mode |
| 35% | AERATEFREIGHT | 13 | Try to cure the effects of a skunk invasion on a semi? |
| 35% | WHEREWEREWE | 11 | Comment when trying to get a discussion back on track |
| 35% | FOOTREST | 8 | Place to put tootsies while on a plane or train |
| 35% | RESTSTOP | 8 | Place to recharge while on a road trip: 2 wds. |
| 34% | PULL | 4 | Word ignored while trying unsuccessfully to push open a door, perhaps |
| 34% | LIEIN | 5 | What I try to do on Saturday mornings, but somehow a publishing deadline always seems to intervene |
| 33% | CAFECAR | 7 | Place to grab a bite while on the move |
| 33% | MEGOROUND | 9 | Ride on which to try for a brass ring |
| 33% | TIE | 3 | Bit of attire you might learn how to put on while using a mirror |
| 33% | SAMSA | 5 | Kafka protagonist who wonders, “What if I went back to sleep for a while and forgot all this foolishness?” |
| 32% | MILES | 5 | "And ___ to go before I sleep..." (lines from "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening") |
| 32% | ATBAT | 5 | Trying to get on |
| 32% | BITAT | 5 | Tried to chomp on |
| 32% | SLEPT | 5 | Took a day to consider, with "on" |
| 32% | ERIC | 4 | Idle who sang "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" while tied to a cross |
| 31% | CALLING | 7 | Trying to reach on the phone |
| 31% | THREWAT | 7 | Tried to drill with a fastball |
| 31% | APPLY | 5 | Try to get into a program |
| 31% | APPLY | 5 | Try to get into a college |