| 100% | ROBED | 5 | Like a boxer before a match |
| 97% | BOASTS | 6 | Brags, like a boxer before a match |
| 80% | ROBED | 5 | Like a boxer before a bout |
| 80% | ROBED | 5 | Like a boxer before a fight |
| 71% | SPAR | 4 | Trade blows with another boxer before a match |
| 59% | ODD | 3 | Like a sock without a match |
| 58% | CANINE | 6 | Like a boxer |
| 57% | INCHAOS | 7 | Like a supermarket before a major storm, perhaps |
| 56% | UNCUT | 5 | Like a film before editing |
| 55% | ODD | 3 | Like a sock with no match |
| 55% | ATBAR | 5 | Like a case before the court |
| 55% | PRETRIAL | 8 | Like the motions before a hearing |
| 55% | LIT | 3 | Like birthday candles before a wish |
| 55% | SPAR | 4 | Practice like a boxer |
| 55% | BARKED | 6 | Spoke like a boxer |
| 55% | FETCH | 5 | Retrieve like a boxer |
| 54% | TAXEXCLUSIVE | 12 | Like a price before levies are added |
| 54% | TOSS | 4 | Coin flip before a match |
| 54% | SYNC | 4 | Match up, like a computer and a smartphone |
| 54% | TAPEDUP | 7 | Like a boxer's hands during sparring, maybe |
| 54% | STRAY | 5 | Like a cat before it's adopted, perhaps |
| 54% | OILY | 4 | Like a dipstick before it's wiped clean |
| 53% | SPAR | 4 | Practice boxing before a big match |
| 53% | ELEM | 4 | Like a sch. before middle school |
| 53% | TAUT | 4 | Like a rope during a tug-of-war match |
| 53% | SALT | 4 | Sumo wrestlers throw it before a match |
| 53% | ITSGAMETIME | 11 | Hype-up phrase just before a match |
| 53% | SCALE | 5 | Device for weighing boxers before a fight |
| 52% | PUNCHACLOCK | 11 | Draw an hourly wage, like a boxer? |
| 52% | ROBED | 5 | Dressed like a boxer entering the ring |