| 100% | WAKE | 4 | Gathering that occurs before a funeral |
| 47% | CENSUSDATA | 10 | Gathering that occurs once per decade |
| 46% | WAKE | 4 | Vigil before a funeral |
| 43% | MIGRAINE | 8 | An aura often occurs before a __ or seizure |
| 43% | RENTPARTY | 9 | Gathering that charges a flat fee? |
| 42% | OPENHOUSE | 9 | Gathering that doesn’t have a guest list |
| 40% | ASH | 3 | ___ Wednesday (holiday that occurs 46 days before Easter) |
| 40% | CHRISTMAS | 9 | Holiday that occurs the day before Boxing Day |
| 40% | TAU | 3 | T that comes before a Y |
| 39% | LUNARECLIPSES | 13 | Astronomical events that occur twice or more a year |
| 39% | ANTI | 4 | A prefix that usually comes before biotic |
| 39% | PRECURSOR | 9 | The story before a story; the one that came before |
| 39% | NATURAL | 7 | Something that occurs or grows by itself, like a rainforest |
| 38% | RATA | 4 | Sound that comes before a couple of tats? |
| 37% | FROG | 4 | Animals that croak a lot before croaking |
| 37% | NEE | 3 | French word that goes before a maiden name |
| 37% | STORMCLOUDS | 11 | They gather before a big rain |
| 36% | DEJAVU | 6 | Feeling of a current event that's happened before |
| 36% | PATHO | 5 | Prefix before "genesis" that means development of a disease |
| 36% | FIBONACCI | 9 | A mathematical sequence that occurs in nature |
| 36% | FOUR | 4 | "___ Weddings and a Funeral," rom-com series that is co-created by Mindy Kaling |
| 36% | TANLINE | 7 | Difference in shading that occurs after wearing a bikini in the sun: 2 wds. |
| 35% | HASTE | 5 | Magic: The Gathering ability that lets a creature attack immediately |
| 35% | MTV | 3 | Channel that debuted three and a half years before VH1 |
| 35% | VICTORIAN | 9 | British era before Edwardian that's named after a queen |
| 35% | NEAP | 4 | Type of tide that occurs twice a month |
| 35% | ANTI | 4 | A prefix that comes before "biotic" or "virus" |
| 35% | DOVES | 5 | White birds that might be released at a wedding or funeral |
| 35% | TEE | 3 | Small peg that supports a golf ball before it is struck |
| 34% | ANCESTOR | 8 | A family member that came before you |