| 100% | ESCS | 4 | Keys often hit in panic: Abbr. |
| 59% | ESC | 3 | Key hit in panic |
| 58% | ESC | 3 | Key often struck in a panic |
| 47% | ALT | 3 | Key often hit with "Control" and "Delete" |
| 47% | ALT | 3 | Key often hit with Control and Delete |
| 45% | ALT | 3 | PC key often hit with "Ctrl" and "Del" |
| 45% | ESC | 3 | PC key often hit as a last resort |
| 44% | ALT | 3 | Key often hit with Control and Delete on a Windows computer |
| 42% | ALT | 3 | Key often pressed in combination with "Control" and "Delete" |
| 42% | ALT | 3 | Key often pressed in combination with "Ctrl" and "Del" |
| 42% | FLA | 3 | Keys are found in it: Abbr. |
| 41% | LBS | 3 | Abbr. in a birth announcement, often |
| 40% | ADV | 3 | Word often ending in -ly: Abbr. |
| 40% | RBI | 3 | Hitting statistic in baseball: Abbr. |
| 39% | SHAK | 4 | Often-seen abbr. in English drama |
| 39% | ESTD | 4 | Abbr. often used in dating |
| 39% | ADP | 3 | Key compound in a cell's energy cycle: Abbr. |
| 39% | ETS | 3 | Visitors in sci-fi movies, often: Abbr. |
| 39% | OZS | 3 | 72 in a six-pack, often: Abbr. |
| 39% | IPA | 3 | Selection in a beer flight, often: Abbr. |
| 39% | AFR | 3 | Place in Toto's biggest hit: Abbr. |
| 39% | ANS | 3 | It's found in a key: Abbr. |
| 38% | USS | 3 | Abbr. that can precede nine key words in this puzzle |
| 38% | KOS | 3 | Hits with a devastating punch in the boxing ring: Abbr. |
| 38% | EMAJ | 4 | Key of "Spring" in Vivaldi's "Four Seasons": Abbr. |
| 38% | TSP | 3 | Vanilla extract amount in a recipe, often: Abbr. |
| 38% | UNDOSEND | 8 | Email button hit in a panic after CC'ing the wrong person, maybe |
| 37% | ISO | 3 | Abbr. that you might see often in the newspaper personals section |
| 37% | SIRDUKE | 7 | Hit from "Songs in the Key of Life" dedicated to Ellington |
| 37% | ESC | 3 | Computer key that one might press in a panic |