| 100% | MAKEAWISH | 9 | Instruction before blowing out a birthday candle |
| 61% | WISH | 4 | Thought before blowing out birthday candles |
| 61% | WISH | 4 | Something made before blowing out birthday candles |
| 60% | WISH | 4 | What you make before blowing out birthday candles |
| 60% | WISH | 4 | It's made before blowing out birthday candles |
| 58% | WISH | 4 | Something to make before blowing out the birthday candles |
| 52% | SNUFF | 5 | Blow out a candle, say |
| 52% | FLAME | 5 | What you blow out on a birthday candle |
| 52% | FLAME | 5 | What's blown out on a birthday candle |
| 50% | MAKEAWISH | 9 | Words said before birthday candles get blown out: 3 wds. |
| 50% | WISH | 4 | Action before blowing out the candles |
| 50% | WISH | 4 | Thought before blowing out the candles |
| 50% | WISH | 4 | Something made before blowing out candles |
| 47% | LIT | 3 | Like birthday candles before a wish |
| 47% | WISH | 4 | Secret desire when blowing out birthday candles |
| 46% | LIT | 3 | Like birthday candles before "making a wish" |
| 46% | CANDLE | 6 | It's blown out on a birthday cake |
| 46% | CANDLES | 7 | They're blown out on a birthday cake |
| 45% | WISH | 4 | What you make when you blow out birthday candles |
| 45% | WISH | 4 | Something made before blowing off the birthday candles? |
| 45% | BDAY | 4 | Time to blow out the candles on a cake, informally |
| 39% | SAVEYOURBREATH | 14 | Good advice for a complainer / Bad advice for someone blowing out birthday candles |
| 39% | LIT | 3 | Ignited, as a birthday candle |
| 39% | LIT | 3 | Burning, like a birthday candle |
| 39% | BLOW | 4 | Try to extinguish a birthday candle |
| 37% | BLEW | 4 | Extinguished, as a birthday cake candle |
| 37% | UNLIT | 5 | Like a blown-out candle |
| 37% | UNLIT | 5 | Like blown out candles |
| 36% | LIT | 3 | Like a birthday candle prior to your making a wish |
| 36% | BDAY | 4 | Occasion for blowing out candles, informally |