| 100% | FACETOFACE | 10 | In-person, as an interview |
| 75% | WOMYN | 5 | Persons who identify as female, in an alternative spelling |
| 71% | ACED | 4 | Crushed, as an interview |
| 71% | LAND | 4 | Secure, as an interview |
| 70% | ACE | 3 | Breeze through, as an interview |
| 69% | OWL | 3 | "As wise as an ___," phrase for a wise person with a nocturnal bird in it |
| 65% | JOHNQPUBLIC | 11 | Person in a street interview |
| 64% | BTW | 3 | As an aside, in a text |
| 61% | REPS | 4 | Handles, as an account, in brief |
| 61% | NARKED | 6 | Acted as an informant, in Ipswich |
| 61% | COOK | 4 | Person in an apron |
| 61% | ACTOR | 5 | Person in an apron |
| 61% | STAFF | 5 | People in an office |
| 61% | PANEL | 5 | Group of experts, as in an interview or talent show |
| 61% | VOTEOUT | 7 | Reject, as an incumbent in an election |
| 60% | CCS | 3 | Adds as an additional recipient, in email |
| 60% | HOLEINONE | 9 | Also known as an ace in golf |
| 60% | PLANETS | 7 | *Nonet redefined as an octet in 2006 |
| 60% | BURNED | 6 | Outed as an agent, in spy lingo |
| 60% | TARO | 4 | Tuber used as an ingredient in poi |
| 60% | FISHOUTOFWATER | 14 | Person in an unfamiliar place |
| 60% | TECHIE | 6 | Proficient person, as in computing |
| 60% | PERSONNEL | 9 | People employed in an organization |
| 60% | TETE | 4 | An interview (when used twice, with an "a" in between) |
| 59% | OREO | 4 | Cookie often used as an ingredient in cheesecakes |
| 59% | MAYO | 4 | Condiment used as an ingredient in potato salad |
| 59% | MAYO | 4 | Condiment used as an ingredient in chicken salad |
| 59% | INCEPT | 6 | Plant, as an idea, in sci-fi slang |
| 59% | KOLA | 4 | Nut once used as an ingredient in Coke |
| 59% | EMT | 3 | Person in an ambulance, for short |