| 100% | MELON | 5 | Fruit that's still a fruit when two of its letters are switched |
| 52% | ELSIE | 5 | Woman's name that becomes a different woman's name when its third and fourth letters are switched |
| 51% | TINA | 4 | Girl's name that becomes a contraction when its first and last letters are switched |
| 51% | PERU | 4 | Country whose name becomes that of a currency when its second letter is doubled and its last two letters are moved to the front |
| 50% | POLO | 4 | Game that becomes another game when its last two letters are switched |
| 50% | SRI | 3 | Respectful title that becomes another title when its last two letters are switched |
| 50% | TIS | 3 | Old contraction that becomes its modern counterpart when the first two letters are switched |
| 49% | HXHHXHHXHHXHHXH | 15 | When the ends of each of its letters are connected to those above and below, a simplified schematic of a famous structure |
| 48% | CHINA | 5 | Country that becomes a part of the face when its last letter is removed |
| 47% | POET | 4 | Profession that, when its last letter is removed, becomes the surname of a noted practitioner |
| 47% | CHARY | 5 | Word that's its own synonym when its first two letters are replaced with "w" |
| 46% | TBSP | 4 | Amt. that's reduced by two-thirds when its second letter is removed |
| 46% | LEBARON | 7 | Chrysler model whose name becomes that of a country when its fifth letter is changed to an n |
| 45% | ETHANE | 6 | Compound that becomes a man's name when its last letter is removed |
| 45% | NORAH | 5 | Woman's name that becomes a direction when its fourth letter is changed |
| 43% | OLEG | 4 | Man's name that becomes a toy when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 43% | NORMA | 5 | Woman's name that becomes a man's name when its first letter is added to the end |
| 42% | LINKINGVERB | 11 | Word such as "be" ... or a punny description of the seven-letter word that can create new action words when its letters are inserted in the breaks of the circled action words |
| 42% | SIBERIA | 7 | Region that becomes a peninsula when its first letter is removed |
| 42% | SHARPEI | 7 | Dog breed whose name becomes a permanent marker brand when the last two letters are switched |
| 41% | CUBA | 4 | Country that becomes a baby animal when its last letter is removed |
| 41% | ROTUND | 6 | Word for “plump” that, when its third letter is removed, still means “plump” |
| 41% | MIC | 3 | Item that names a person holding it when its middle letter is removed |
| 41% | MADAM | 5 | Term of address that becomes less formal when its middle letter is removed |
| 41% | HEAR | 4 | Verb that becomes a related body part when its first letter is removed |
| 41% | TBSP | 4 | Meas. that becomes a third of its size if its second letter is removed |
| 40% | AMONRA | 6 | Deity that becomes a given name when its fifth letter is moved to the front |
| 40% | ELLY | 4 | Name that sounds like two of its letters |
| 39% | ESSAY | 5 | Literary work that sounds like two of its letters |