| 100% | MIC | 3 | Item that names a person holding it when its middle letter is removed |
| 62% | ETHANE | 6 | Compound that becomes a man's name when its last letter is removed |
| 55% | HEAR | 4 | Verb that becomes a related body part when its first letter is removed |
| 54% | LEBARON | 7 | Car model whose name becomes an N.B.A. superstar when its middle letter is removed |
| 54% | UNS | 3 | German pronoun that becomes its English equivalent when its middle letter is removed |
| 53% | MADAM | 5 | Term of address that becomes less formal when its middle letter is removed |
| 50% | NORMA | 5 | Woman's name that becomes a man's name when its first letter is added to the end |
| 49% | POET | 4 | Profession that, when its last letter is removed, becomes the surname of a noted practitioner |
| 49% | TINA | 4 | Girl's name that becomes a contraction when its first and last letters are switched |
| 48% | SIBERIA | 7 | Region that becomes a peninsula when its first letter is removed |
| 47% | NORAH | 5 | Woman's name that becomes a direction when its fourth letter is changed |
| 46% | OLEG | 4 | Man's name that becomes a toy when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 46% | CUBA | 4 | Country that becomes a baby animal when its last letter is removed |
| 45% | TBSP | 4 | Amt. that's reduced by two-thirds when its second letter is removed |
| 45% | LEBARON | 7 | Chrysler model whose name becomes that of a country when its fifth letter is changed to an n |
| 45% | CHINA | 5 | Country that becomes a part of the face when its last letter is removed |
| 44% | AMONRA | 6 | Deity that becomes a given name when its fifth letter is moved to the front |
| 44% | ROTUND | 6 | Word that retains its meaning when its third letter is removed |
| 44% | ROTUND | 6 | Word for “plump” that, when its third letter is removed, still means “plump” |
| 43% | IRENE | 5 | Name that becomes another name when its first letter is dropped |
| 43% | ELSIE | 5 | Woman's name that becomes a different woman's name when its third and fourth letters are switched |
| 43% | HEAR | 4 | Verb that, when its first letter is removed, becomes the body part that does it |
| 43% | PERU | 4 | Country whose name becomes that of a currency when its second letter is doubled and its last two letters are moved to the front |
| 41% | MILA | 4 | Woman's name that becomes a country when its vowels are swapped |
| 40% | ARE | 3 | Verb that may be shortened to just its middle letter in a text |
| 40% | TBSP | 4 | Meas. that becomes a third of its size if its second letter is removed |
| 39% | SHARD | 5 | Item that can be described by changing its last letter to a P |
| 39% | EMIL | 4 | Man's name that becomes a measurement when one letter is moved |
| 39% | MELON | 5 | Fruit that's still a fruit when two of its letters are switched |
| 38% | ECLAIR | 6 | Pastry that becomes a name when the first letter is moved to the end |