| 100% | WADES | 5 | Goes in the water up to one's ankles, say |
| 72% | WADES | 5 | Walks in water up to one's ankles, say |
| 72% | WADE | 4 | Walk in water up to one's ankles, say |
| 70% | WADES | 5 | Goes in up to one's ankles, say |
| 70% | WADED | 5 | Went in up to one's ankles, say |
| 61% | WADE | 4 | Go in up to one's ankles |
| 59% | WADES | 5 | Goes in up to one's knees, say |
| 55% | WADED | 5 | Had water up to one's ankles |
| 55% | WADE | 4 | Go in up to the ankles |
| 50% | WADED | 5 | Went in up to one's knees |
| 50% | BRAVE | 5 | Willing to stand up for one's beliefs in the face of adversity, say |
| 49% | ASKMOM | 6 | Reply in which one parent says to go talk to the other parent |
| 47% | TWOCENTS | 8 | In the US, what one's opinion is said to be worth |
| 47% | SHALLOW | 7 | Up to one's ankles, perhaps |
| 45% | WADE | 4 | Enter only up to the ankles, say |
| 45% | WADEDIN | 7 | Entered up to one's ankles |
| 43% | DELUGED | 7 | In up to one's neck |
| 43% | BOBS | 4 | Goes up and down in the water |
| 43% | BOB | 3 | Go up and down in the water |
| 42% | HANDCARTS | 9 | The saying says we're going to hell in these |
| 42% | WRONGTREE | 9 | One is said to bark up it if searching in vain |
| 42% | WADING | 6 | Going ankle-deep in the ocean, say |
| 41% | WADE | 4 | Go in the water just a little way |
| 41% | AWASH | 5 | Up to one's ears (in) |
| 41% | AWASH | 5 | Up to one's neck (in) |
| 41% | PULLHITTER | 10 | One whose batted balls rarely go to the opposite field, in baseball lingo |
| 41% | PAIL | 4 | "Jack & Jill went up the hill to fetch a ___ of water..." |
| 41% | BOB | 3 | Go up and down, as in the water |
| 41% | SHORE | 5 | *Pun day at the beach! "Want to go in the water?" "___, it's about time!" |
| 40% | PAIL | 4 | "Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a ___ of water" |