| 100% | AIRS | 4 | High-society people may put them on when in public |
| 44% | AIRS | 4 | They may be put on in formal situations |
| 42% | AIRS | 4 | Celebrities may put them on |
| 42% | IDOLS | 5 | Fans may put them on pedestals? |
| 41% | AIRS | 4 | Lovers of expensive furs may put them on |
| 40% | CHAINS | 6 | They may be put on tires in winter |
| 39% | SNOWTIRES | 9 | Some travelers put them on in winter |
| 39% | AIRS | 4 | What an insincere person may put on |
| 38% | RIOTS | 5 | People might leave them in tears |
| 38% | MTNS | 4 | People may take a pass on them: Abbr. |
| 38% | ERS | 3 | People may leave them in stitches, for short |
| 37% | KNEES | 5 | People may be down on them |
| 37% | NAILS | 5 | Nervous people might chew on them |
| 37% | SEMIS | 5 | Four people might compete in them |
| 37% | STITCHES | 8 | Laughter may put you in them |
| 37% | RESTART | 7 | Begin from the beginning, or what a person might do when they hit a creative block, and a word with 16a hidden in it |
| 37% | AIRS | 4 | They may be put on |
| 37% | ACTS | 4 | They might be put on |
| 36% | FBOMBS | 6 | People might not want to drop them in polite company |
| 36% | WAITLISTS | 9 | College hopefuls may put their names on them |
| 36% | STEREOS | 7 | You might put CDs on them |
| 36% | URNS | 4 | They may be put on pedestals |
| 36% | LIENS | 5 | They may be put on houses |
| 36% | VASES | 5 | They may be put on pedestals |
| 36% | RIPS | 4 | They may be put in stitches |
| 36% | FLOORBOARDS | 11 | They might creak when stepped on |
| 36% | RENTS | 5 | People may be put out if they're not put up |
| 36% | PHOTO | 5 | Something people might be tagged in on social media |
| 36% | THELAM | 6 | People run when they're on it |
| 36% | KNEES | 5 | People get down on them in church |