| 100% | CLOSE | 5 | Friendly (with) |
| 100% | WARMUPTO | 8 | Become friendly with |
| 100% | GETTOKNOW | 9 | Become friendly with |
| 99% | WARMSUPTO | 9 | Becomes friendlier with |
| 98% | WARMSUPSON | 10 | Finally becomes friendly with |
| 96% | KNOW | 4 | Be familiar or friendly with |
| 96% | GOTON | 5 | Were friendly with each other |
| 93% | BIGFOOT | 7 | Mythical creature friendly with the Hendersons |
| 93% | COZYUPTO | 8 | Become really friendly with (3 wds.) |
| 93% | PALS | 4 | Is friendly, with "around" |
| 93% | BUDDYING | 8 | Getting friendly, with "up" |
| 91% | WARMS | 5 | Gets more friendly, with "up" |
| 89% | FRENEMY | 7 | Person you're friendly with but secretly dislike |
| 88% | BUDDY | 5 | Friendly address that rhymes with "muddy" |
| 88% | ECARD | 5 | Friendly greeting opened with a click |
| 88% | DAP | 3 | Friendly gesture with one's fist |
| 88% | PAL | 3 | Friendly word that goes with 29a |
| 86% | RAPPORT | 7 | Friendly relationship, a word with French origins |
| 85% | ECO | 3 | Prefix with friendly |
| 83% | ECO | 3 | Modern prefix with friendly |
| 83% | ROAST | 5 | Tribute with friendly insults |
| 82% | FRENEMY | 7 | Person who one is friendly with despite a dislike or rivalry |
| 81% | KIND | 4 | Having a friendly nature; rhymes with bind |
| 81% | USER | 4 | Word with friendly or fee |
| 81% | ECO | 3 | Prefix with freak or friendly |
| 81% | ECO | 3 | Prefix with footprint or friendly |
| 81% | ECO | 3 | Prefix with conscious and friendly |
| 81% | ECO | 3 | Prefix with tourism or friendly |
| 81% | ECO | 3 | Prefix with friendly or freak |
| 81% | ECO | 3 | Prefix with friendly or logical |