| 100% | PLEASES | 7 | Hits the spot, so to speak |
| 76% | ARISE | 5 | Hit the deck, so to speak |
| 76% | LEAVE | 5 | Hit the bricks, so to speak |
| 76% | IRATE | 5 | Hitting the roof, so to speak |
| 67% | LASTPLACE | 9 | Spot nowhere near the podium, so to speak |
| 63% | ICER | 4 | Hit man, so to speak |
| 63% | DISFAVOR | 8 | The doghouse, so to speak |
| 63% | WORDOFMOUTH | 11 | The grapevine, so to speak |
| 63% | FATE | 4 | The stars, so to speak |
| 60% | LASTSECOND | 10 | The "wire," so to speak |
| 58% | UPSTAIRS | 8 | In the brain, so to speak |
| 58% | WED | 3 | Take the plunge, so to speak |
| 58% | LIED | 4 | Stretched the truth, so to speak |
| 58% | CARVES | 6 | Does the honors, so to speak |
| 58% | TELLAFIB | 8 | Stretch the truth, so to speak |
| 58% | DATE | 4 | Play the field, so to speak |
| 58% | MOVEON | 6 | Turn the page, so to speak |
| 58% | WED | 3 | Jump the broom, so to speak |
| 58% | TELL | 4 | Blow the whistle, so to speak |
| 58% | ACTS | 4 | Pulls the trigger, so to speak |
| 58% | SAD | 3 | Singing the blues, so to speak |
| 58% | LOCO | 4 | Over the edge, so to speak |
| 58% | LOST | 4 | In the dark, so to speak |
| 58% | INTIME | 6 | Under the wire, so to speak |
| 58% | GAMBLE | 6 | Roll the dice, so to speak |
| 58% | OVERACT | 7 | Chew the scenery, so to speak |
| 58% | PASSAWAY | 8 | Buy the farm, so to speak |
| 58% | RULE | 4 | Be the best, so to speak |
| 58% | UPTOP | 5 | In the brain, so to speak |
| 58% | ICED | 4 | Cinched the deal, so to speak |