| 100% | TINHORN | 7 | Gambler who pretends to be a big shot, informally |
| 64% | POSER | 5 | Person who pretends to be a big deal |
| 53% | POSER | 5 | Person who pretends to be a VIP |
| 52% | ACTOR | 5 | One who pretends to be a different person on screen |
| 47% | TIGER | 5 | Paper ___, title for a person who pretends to be threatening unlike a particular big feline |
| 46% | SISTERACT | 9 | Comedy about a singer who pretends to be a nun |
| 44% | GROAN | 5 | Pretend to be a ghost |
| 43% | MIME | 4 | Person who might pretend to be stuck in a box |
| 42% | FAKETIANS | 9 | Magnates who aren't as big a deal as they pretend to be? |
| 42% | CHARLATAN | 9 | Fraud who pretends to be an expert |
| 42% | CROWBARKING | 11 | Black bird pretending to be a dog? |
| 42% | ASSIST | 6 | Be a big brother to |
| 42% | ITPRO | 5 | Person who may be able to help you with a big crash, informally |
| 42% | CATFISH | 7 | Someone who pretends to be someone else online |
| 41% | FAT | 3 | "It's going to be a big ___ wedding." |
| 41% | WENTAS | 6 | Pretended to be at a party |
| 41% | NIA | 3 | Actress Vardalos who is writing a sequel to "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" |
| 41% | PHISH | 5 | Pretend to be a credit-card company over e-mail, say |
| 41% | PLANT | 5 | Industry ___ (label-backed musician who pretends to be independent) |
| 41% | DEC | 3 | Mo. for Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day |
| 40% | GOAS | 4 | Pretend to be, as at a Halloween party |
| 40% | ACT | 3 | Pretend to be someone else (in a movie) |
| 40% | GOAS | 4 | Pretend to be, at a Halloween party, say |
| 40% | ALI | 3 | Name used by Aladdin when he pretends to be a prince |
| 40% | ACTS | 4 | Pretends to be someone else, as in a movie |
| 40% | CATFISH | 7 | Pretend to be someone else on a dating site |
| 40% | ACT | 3 | Pretend to be someone else, as in a movie |
| 40% | CON | 3 | Pretend to be a wealthy German heiress to get free hotel rooms, for example |
| 39% | HYPOS | 5 | Big shots at a hospital, informally? |
| 39% | EXES | 4 | People who used to be a couple |