| 100% | EPEE | 4 | It involves a wave of the hand |
| 71% | SHOO | 4 | It's said with a wave of the hand |
| 66% | PRESTO | 6 | Word said with a wave of the hand |
| 66% | SWEPTASIDE | 10 | Removed as with a wave of the hand |
| 63% | STR | 3 | It involves a show of hands... |
| 62% | SHAZAM | 6 | It may be said with the wave of a hand |
| 54% | POMPOM | 6 | It may be waved from the top of a pyramid |
| 50% | PINGPONG | 8 | It involves a lot of back-and-forth |
| 50% | EYE | 3 | Something involved in a Biblical exchange that, on the face of it, seem the same |
| 49% | AENEID | 6 | It involves a trip to the underworld |
| 49% | STRUM | 5 | Play with a sweep of the hand |
| 49% | MINUTE | 6 | One of the hands in a clock |
| 49% | REFRACT | 7 | Alter the path of a wave as it changes mediums |
| 48% | PALM | 4 | Part of the hand read by a fortune-teller |
| 48% | PALM | 4 | Part of the hand a fortune-teller may "read" |
| 47% | SIXAM | 5 | It comes a quarter of the way into the day |
| 47% | LAT | 3 | It's a shortening of the Latin word for "broadest" |
| 47% | HERALDRY | 8 | It involves coats of arms and the like |
| 47% | AREA | 4 | It's a product of the length multiplied by the width |
| 46% | FINGERTIP | 9 | The end of a hand digit |
| 45% | DRYMARTIN | 9 | What "should be made by filling a glass with gin, then waving it in the general direction of Italy," per Noël Coward |
| 45% | YEA | 3 | One of the first to raise a hand, usually |
| 45% | POT | 3 | All of the wagered money in a poker hand |
| 45% | CHOCOLATEO | 10 | It has a chance of sprinkles in the morning |
| 45% | NPR | 3 | Broadcaster of the podcast It's Been a Minute |
| 45% | PENTAD | 6 | The fingers of a hand, e.g. |
| 45% | HEMLINE | 7 | It marks the end of a shift |
| 45% | DELI | 4 | It has the makings of a hero |
| 45% | TAKE | 4 | It follows the clap of a clapperboard |
| 45% | WAKE | 4 | Waves from the back of a boat |