| 100% | TRIP | 4 | It often comes before the fall |
| 63% | LEST | 4 | It often comes before "we forget" |
| 63% | LEST | 4 | It often comes before we forget |
| 62% | TRIP | 4 | What comes before the fall? |
| 57% | PAROLE | 6 | It may come before the end of a sentence |
| 57% | TIS | 3 | It comes before the season |
| 57% | ALA | 3 | It comes before the carte |
| 57% | RAILCAR | 7 | It comes before the caboose |
| 57% | EGG | 3 | It came before the chicken |
| 56% | OPENER | 6 | It comes before the main event |
| 55% | ANS | 3 | It comes before the ques. on "Jeopardy!" |
| 55% | EGG | 3 | It came before the chicken, some say |
| 55% | EGG | 3 | It came before the chicken (or maybe after?) |
| 55% | EGG | 3 | It came before the chicken ... or maybe after? |
| 53% | EGG | 3 | Did it come before the chicken? |
| 52% | EGG | 3 | It may have come before the chicken |
| 52% | EGG | 3 | It might have come before the chicken |
| 52% | EGG | 3 | It may have come before the chicken? |
| 51% | ANTHEM | 6 | It's often played before the first play |
| 51% | EGG | 3 | Did it come before the chicken, or after? |
| 51% | EVER | 4 | It comes before "after," at the end of fairytales |
| 50% | EGG | 3 | Some say it came before the Chicken |
| 50% | ETE | 3 | What comes right before the fall of Napoleon? |
| 48% | APPEAR | 6 | Come before the court |
| 47% | LOAN | 4 | It often comes with points |
| 46% | MARTINI | 7 | It often comes with a twist |
| 46% | ASSAULT | 7 | It often comes with a battery |
| 46% | THEWIRE | 7 | It often comes down to this |
| 46% | CELLPHONE | 9 | It often comes with a plan |
| 46% | SHEETOFICE | 10 | Winter blanket produced before the fall? |