| 100% | REARADMIRAL | 11 | Flag officer in a navy junior to a vice admiral |
| 46% | AIRMARSHAL | 10 | Royal Air Force officer of three-star rank equivalent to a Royal Navy vice-admiral |
| 39% | COLONEL | 7 | British army officer immediately junior to a brigadier |
| 38% | IMPRESS | 7 | Historically, to force someone to serve in a navy |
| 38% | CAPTAIN | 7 | Officer of the army holding a rank junior to a major but senior to a lieutenant |
| 38% | AYE | 3 | "Yes," from a seaman or petty officer in the Navy |
| 37% | DERN | 4 | Actress Laura who played a vice admiral in "The Last Jedi" |
| 37% | COMMODORE | 9 | Superior to a navy captain, below a rear admiral |
| 36% | ARMY | 4 | Navy's opponent in a football rivalry that dates to 1890 |
| 35% | SIR | 3 | How to address a male superior officer in the army |
| 35% | BAILIFF | 7 | An officer stationed in a court of law to oversee |
| 35% | GEN | 3 | Shortened title to mean a senior officer in the Army |
| 35% | GROUPCAPTAIN | 12 | RAF officer holding commissioned rank senior to a wing commander but junior to an air commodore |
| 33% | SERGEANT | 8 | Rank in the British police force senior to a constable and junior to an inspector |
| 33% | GOODCOP | 7 | Police officer who talks to a suspect before the "bad" version steps in: 2 wds. |
| 33% | RANGER | 6 | Officer in a forest |
| 32% | PAINTERLY | 9 | In a manner similar to a brush-wielding artist |
| 32% | COP | 3 | Officer in a squad car |
| 32% | OVER | 4 | In a managerial position to |
| 32% | ATOP | 4 | In a superior position to |
| 32% | LAPD | 4 | First law enforcement org. in the U.S. to hire a female officer (1910) |
| 32% | RYUN | 4 | Jim ___, athlete who was the first high school junior to run a mile in under four minutes |
| 32% | MOUNTIE | 7 | Officer in a red-serge tunic |
| 32% | VALOR | 5 | Navy Cross, as given to Petty Officer Marcus Luttrell in 2007, is awarded for this |
| 32% | ANON | 4 | In a bit, to a bard |
| 32% | EERILY | 6 | In a manner designed to chill |
| 31% | INDIRECT | 8 | Not traveling in a straight line to a destination |
| 31% | VASSAL | 6 | One engaged in a mutual obligation to a lord |
| 31% | ABAFT | 5 | To the rear, to a rear admiral |
| 31% | NEURALLY | 8 | In a way relating to the brain |