| 100% | BUOY | 4 | Floating marker in a maritime channel |
| 63% | BUOY | 4 | Floating marker in a harbor |
| 55% | BUOY | 4 | Floating navigation marker in a harbor |
| 48% | IOUS | 4 | Markers in a pot |
| 47% | BUOYS | 5 | Floating markers in the ocean |
| 47% | IOU | 3 | Marker in a poker pot |
| 45% | PETARD | 6 | Explosive in a maritime metaphor |
| 45% | BUOY | 4 | Bobbing marker in a harbor |
| 45% | CONE | 4 | Lane marker in a construction zone |
| 45% | TRAFFICCONE | 11 | Orange marker in a construction zone |
| 44% | BUOY | 4 | Floating marker for a sailor |
| 44% | BALLOON | 7 | Floating attraction in a parade |
| 44% | CONES | 5 | Orange markers in a road construction zone |
| 43% | BUOY | 4 | Floating marker on a swim course |
| 43% | WIGHT | 5 | Isle in a channel |
| 43% | SODA | 4 | Beverage in a float |
| 42% | FLOTSAM | 7 | In maritime law, floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| 42% | STRAW | 5 | One stuck in a float |
| 42% | ORANGESODA | 10 | Ingredient in a Creamsicle float |
| 41% | ORANGESODA | 10 | Fizzy ingredient in a Creamsicle float |
| 41% | BUOYS | 5 | Channel markers in harbors |
| 41% | ROOTBEER | 8 | Dark, carbonated drink found in a float |
| 40% | DRAIN | 5 | Doctor in a different channel |
| 40% | TUBED | 5 | Floated downstream, in a way |
| 40% | PETAL | 5 | One of thousands in a Rose Bowl float |
| 40% | ROOTBEER | 8 | Common soft drink in a float: 2 wds. |
| 40% | SHO | 3 | A movie channel, in TV Guide |
| 39% | WAFT | 4 | Float in the air, as a scent |
| 39% | WAFT | 4 | Float like a feather in the breeze |
| 38% | OXBOWLAKE | 9 | Bow-shaped lake formed in a channel of a river |