| 100% | PREEN | 5 | Fuss over one's appearance, as a bird would do with its feathers (rhymes with "sheen") |
| 36% | PREEN | 5 | Fuss over one's appearance |
| 35% | PREEN | 5 | Fuss over one’s appearance |
| 35% | KNEAD | 5 | Press, as a cat would with its paws |
| 35% | FUSSED | 6 | ___ over (spent a lot of time dealing with, as one's hair) |
| 34% | PREEN | 5 | Fuss over one's feathers |
| 34% | FILBERT | 7 | Same as a hazelnut; it rhymes with "Gilbert" |
| 33% | STRUM | 5 | What you would do with a guitar (rhymes with gum) |
| 32% | PREENING | 8 | When a bird is cleaning its feathers with its beak |
| 32% | WHOOSHED | 8 | Went over one's head, as a joke |
| 32% | STRAP | 5 | It holds a purse over one's shoulder |
| 31% | SNEER | 5 | It's done with a twist |
| 31% | STRESSTEST | 10 | It's often done with a treadmill |
| 31% | MAGPIE | 6 | Intelligent bird with a tail as long as its body |
| 31% | FASHION | 7 | What was Barbie's first job? Introduced as a teen ___ model, she has since rocked over 250 careers. Barbie really can do it all! |
| 31% | SKUA | 4 | Bird that sounds as though it would be good barbecued on a spit |
| 30% | NESTED | 6 | Built a home, as a bird would |
| 30% | ININK | 5 | With a pen, as one's signature |
| 30% | OPENED | 6 | It's done with a browser or a stock price |
| 30% | USE | 3 | One can do it with one's head |
| 30% | SLUR | 4 | What a drunk would do with his words |
| 30% | CHEWONIT | 8 | What a dog will do with a bone |
| 30% | RUES | 4 | Would welcome a do-over with |
| 30% | PROPERLY | 8 | As Miss Manners would do it |
| 30% | JACKDAW | 7 | Bird of the crow family with a silvery sheen to the back of its head |
| 29% | PREENS | 6 | Does some self-grooming, as a bird |
| 29% | BING | 4 | A search may be done with it |
| 29% | OWL | 3 | "As wise as an ___," phrase for a wise person with a nocturnal bird in it |
| 29% | ROAR | 4 | What a lion would do when it loses its patience |
| 29% | SEW | 3 | What a tailor would do with a needle and thread |