| 100% | ALOHA | 5 | Greeting by generating a halo |
| 50% | ALOHA | 5 | Recreated a halo in greeting |
| 48% | ALOHA | 5 | Greeting accompanied by a lei |
| 46% | AURA | 4 | Atmosphere generated by a person |
| 45% | AURA | 4 | Mystical quality generated by a person |
| 45% | HYPE | 4 | Excitement generated by a publicity machine |
| 45% | ALOHA | 5 | Greeting that may be accompanied by a 36-Across |
| 45% | HELLOWORLD | 10 | Greeting often output by a coder's first program |
| 44% | HELLO | 5 | #1 hit by Adele...or a greeting |
| 43% | LOGFILE | 7 | Record of events generated by a software program |
| 43% | POPINTOSAYHELLO | 15 | Stop by for a quick greeting |
| 42% | DENTS | 5 | Bad impressions generated by a severe hail storm, maybe |
| 42% | MOONDOG | 7 | Bright spot made by ice crystals on a lunar halo |
| 41% | SOUL | 4 | "Hey, ___ Sister," catchy song by Train that starts with a greeting |
| 41% | MAMA | 4 | "Hey ___," dance anthem by David Guetta that starts with a greeting |
| 41% | JUDE | 4 | "Hey ___," iconic song by The Beatles that starts with a greeting |
| 40% | ECOLI | 5 | Organism that generated a recall of 45 million pounds of flour by General Mills in 2016 |
| 40% | GOOD | 4 | "Hey, ___ Lookin'," country classic by Hank Williams that starts with a greeting |
| 39% | ALERT | 5 | Gum that returned after a 4 year absence generated by an FDA investigation |
| 38% | DELILAH | 7 | "Hey There ___," ballad by the Plain White T's that starts with a greeting |
| 38% | ANGEL | 5 | Divine figure with a halo |
| 38% | ANGEL | 5 | Heavenly one with a halo |
| 38% | ANGEL | 5 | Heavenly being with a halo |
| 38% | BOWTO | 5 | Greet by bending |
| 38% | ADD | 3 | Generate a summation |
| 37% | AURA | 4 | A halo, for one |
| 36% | LOOK | 4 | "Hey ___ Ma, I Made It," pop anthem by Panic! At The Disco that starts with a greeting |
| 36% | IRKS | 4 | Irritates by generating risk |
| 35% | MOON | 4 | Place for a halo |
| 35% | SAINTE | 6 | Femme with a halo |