| 100% | SHELFLIFE | 9 | Length of time before a product's expiration date: 2 wds. |
| 48% | USEBY | 5 | Words before a food expiration date: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ONEK | 4 | Length of a kids' fun run: 2 wds. |
| 39% | USEBY | 5 | Words before an expiration date: 2 wds. |
| 39% | USEBY | 5 | Phrase before an expiration date: 2 wds. |
| 36% | NOTIT | 5 | Playground declaration before a game of tag (2 wds.) |
| 36% | OPENSINCE | 9 | Words before a business's date of establishment |
| 36% | AGE | 3 | Length of time a person has lived |
| 36% | ASOF | 4 | Words before a start date (2 wds.) |
| 35% | MADEBANK | 8 | Earned lots of money in a short time: 2 wds. |
| 35% | STEPHENHAWKING | 14 | "A Brief History of Time" physicist (1/8/42-3/14/18) who declined a knighthood: 2 wds. |
| 35% | DRYUP | 5 | "It's just a matter of time until the lakes ___" (Their waters evaporate): 2 wds |
| 34% | LIFESPAN | 8 | The length of time for which a person lives |
| 34% | AREA | 4 | It's a product of the length multiplied by the width |
| 34% | ITSOVER | 7 | Words before a breakup: 2 wds. |
| 34% | SAYGRACE | 8 | Pray before a meal: 2 wds. |
| 34% | INSUM | 5 | Words before a conclusion: 2 wds. |
| 34% | NEWYORK | 7 | City of Times Square: 2 wds. |
| 33% | BEAT | 4 | Length of a quarter note in 4/4 time |
| 33% | IDO | 3 | Words before a wedding kiss: 2 wds. |
| 33% | IDO | 3 | Words before a special kiss: 2 wds. |
| 33% | IDO | 3 | Promise before a wedding kiss: 2 wds. |
| 33% | IDO | 3 | Vow before a wedding kiss: 2 wds. |
| 33% | IDO | 3 | Words exchanged before a ring exchange: 2 wds. |
| 33% | IDO | 3 | Words said before a wedding kiss: 2 wds. |
| 33% | DRESSREHEARSAL | 14 | Last practice before a big show: 2 wds. |
| 33% | KACEYMUSGRAVES | 14 | "Follow Your Arrow" singer who is one of Time's 2022 Women of the Year: 2 wds. |
| 32% | USERID | 6 | It's typed before a password when you're logging in: 2 wds. |
| 32% | TWEAKNIGHT | 10 | Time for last-minute adjustments before a product's launch day? |
| 32% | AMANDAGORMAN | 12 | "The Hill We Climb" poet who is one of Time's 2022 Women of the Year: 2 wds. |