| 100% | ADI | 3 | Lead-in with "das" to mean a Nike rival |
| 93% | ADI | 3 | Lead in with "das" to mean Nike rival |
| 79% | ADI | 3 | Lead-in with "Das" to mean Nike rival |
| 76% | ADI | 3 | Lead-in with "das" to refer to a Nike rival |
| 65% | ADI | 3 | Lead-in with "das" for a Nike rival with a three-stripe logo |
| 63% | SRI | 3 | Lead-in with "Lanka" to mean a country |
| 62% | KIT | 3 | Lead-in with "kat" to mean a Nestle wafer |
| 53% | EATER | 5 | Suffix with "bee" to mean a bird that nests in burrows |
| 52% | NANCY | 5 | With 90-Down, first woman to lead a major party in Congress |
| 50% | THETORTURED | 11 | With 35-Across, 2024 album that led to a new era in the Eras Tour |
| 50% | MELO | 4 | Lead-in with "drama" to mean exaggerated |
| 49% | REAR | 4 | Prefix with "guard" to mean the last part in a military force |
| 49% | EGG | 3 | Prefix with "head" to mean an intellectual geek (used in a negative sense) |
| 49% | EER | 3 | Suffix with "musket" to mean one of three in a popular book title |
| 49% | MOO | 3 | Lead in to "goo gai pan" to mean a dish |
| 48% | DEAD | 4 | "Pool" lead-in to mean a Marvel superhero |
| 47% | MATE | 4 | "Check" follower to mean a finishing move in chess |
| 47% | SMOG | 4 | Fog that has combined with excessive smoke in the air, often leading to a lot of lung diseases |
| 47% | BASSETT | 7 | Angela —, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for What's Love Got to Do With It |
| 47% | EDY | 3 | Suffix with 3d to mean a cure |
| 46% | VOO | 3 | "Doo" preceder to mean a practice depicted in horror movies |
| 46% | GEN | 3 | Shortened title to mean a senior officer in the Army |
| 46% | PARIS | 5 | "From hell to breakfast in ___," idiom with the French capital that means "go through a wide range of experiences" |
| 46% | SHIN | 4 | Doing a 10 mile hike with a 60lb. backpack in full combat gear may lead to this type of splint |
| 46% | ERIE | 4 | Suffix with brass to mean a French style restaurant |
| 46% | FEST | 4 | Suffix with Oktober to mean a beer-filled event |
| 45% | ASICS | 5 | Nike rival with a hashtag-like symbol on its shoes |
| 45% | PERI | 4 | Lead-in to "scope" to mean a submarine device |
| 45% | MEGA | 4 | Prefix with phone to mean a portable sound amplification device |
| 45% | INRE | 4 | With respect to, in a memo |