| 100% | WAFT | 4 | Float through the air, as the scent of a freshly baked pie |
| 54% | WAFT | 4 | Float in the air, as a scent |
| 53% | WAFTS | 5 | Drifts through the air, as a scent |
| 44% | BILLOWING | 9 | Spilling into the air as a plume of smoke |
| 41% | EASE | 4 | "He'd fly through the air with the greatest of ___ ..." (line from an old song about a trapeze artist) |
| 40% | REFRACT | 7 | Change the direction of, as light through a prism |
| 40% | LEAFING | 7 | Idly turning (through), as the pages of a book |
| 39% | WAFT | 4 | Float through the air |
| 39% | WAFTS | 5 | Floats through the air |
| 38% | HED | 3 | "___ fly through the air with the greatest of ease" |
| 38% | PIE | 3 | (3/7) "In cozy kitchens, the aroma of freshly baked apple ___ fills the air." |
| 37% | LINGERS | 7 | Remains, as the scent of perfume |
| 37% | WAFT | 4 | Travel gently through the air like the smell of fresh loaves |
| 37% | COLOGNE | 7 | The scent of a German city on the Rhine? |
| 37% | UNHOOK | 6 | Release, as the end of a chain |
| 37% | LATETO | 6 | Missing, as the start of a party |
| 37% | SPOIL | 5 | Ruin, as the end of a movie |
| 37% | HEMMING | 7 | Fixing, as the bottom of a skirt |
| 37% | TUNE | 4 | Adjust, as the strings of a guitar |
| 37% | EROSE | 5 | Uneven, as the border of a leaf |
| 37% | CLOCK | 5 | Measure, as the speed of a fastball |
| 37% | REHEEL | 6 | Fix, as the back of a shoe |
| 37% | HEM | 3 | Sew, as the bottom of a skirt |
| 37% | ALTER | 5 | Change, as the fit of a suit |
| 37% | LOWLIT | 6 | Darkish, as the interior of a restaurant |
| 37% | PARED | 5 | Removed, as the skin of a potato |
| 37% | CRIMP | 5 | Pinch, as the edge of a piecrust |
| 37% | SPOIL | 5 | Reveal, as the climax of a movie |
| 37% | ENDORSES | 8 | Signs, as the back of a check |
| 37% | EDGE | 4 | Neaten, as the side of a lawn |