| 100% | NEAR | 4 | In close proximity to |
| 71% | NEAR | 4 | In close proximity |
| 70% | NEAR | 4 | In close proximity, say |
| 64% | ABUT | 4 | Lie in close proximity, as a building |
| 61% | BESIDE | 6 | In proximity to |
| 60% | ANEAR | 5 | Close to, in poetry |
| 59% | ISH | 3 | Close to, in telling time |
| 58% | SLAM | 4 | Close to being grand in Wimbledon |
| 58% | ONTHIRD | 7 | Close to scoring, in a way |
| 58% | ENCLOSE | 7 | To pen in, close off |
| 57% | HOMED | 5 | ___ in on (got closer to) |
| 57% | INSIDE | 6 | Close to the batter, in pitching terminology |
| 56% | MOB | 3 | Get close to, in quantity |
| 56% | SATNEAR | 7 | Was close to in class |
| 55% | GAINON | 6 | Get closer to, in a race |
| 55% | SAVESITUATION | 13 | Time to bring in the closer |
| 55% | TAILGATE | 8 | To drive too close to the car in front |
| 55% | ICARUS | 6 | In myth he flew too close to the sun |
| 54% | CAMEL | 5 | Color close to caramel, in two ways |
| 54% | ADJOIN | 6 | To be in close contact with, affixed |
| 54% | RUNLOW | 6 | Get close to dying, in a way |
| 54% | STEALTHIRDBASE | 14 | Get closer to home, in a way |
| 54% | STEALSECOND | 11 | Get closer to home, in a way |
| 54% | NEARED | 6 | Got closer to listener in wrong end |
| 54% | PRECINCT | 8 | Area in a town closed to traffic |
| 54% | BYANOSE | 7 | Close way to win, in a horse race: 3 wds. |
| 54% | ICARUS | 6 | In myth, one who flew too close to the sun |
| 53% | NOTBYALONGSHOT | 14 | How to score in basketball from close up? |
| 53% | JERICHO | 7 | Vermont town Nevermore is closest to in Wednesday |
| 53% | SIT | 3 | In winters, it feels quite nice to ___ close to the fireplace |