| 100% | RECOUP | 6 | Make back |
| 100% | RECOUPS | 7 | Makes back |
| 88% | RECOUP | 6 | Make back, as losses |
| 87% | RECOUPS | 7 | Makes back, after losing |
| 86% | RECOUP | 6 | Make back, as initial costs |
| 85% | RECOUPS | 7 | Makes back, as an investment |
| 77% | ZAG | 3 | Make a sharp turn back |
| 77% | REPEL | 5 | Make the attack go back |
| 75% | ZIGZAGS | 7 | Makes sharp turns back and forth |
| 75% | ATITAGAIN | 9 | Back to making trouble |
| 75% | ATIT | 4 | Back __: making a comeback |
| 72% | BREAKEVEN | 9 | Make your money back on a business venture |
| 71% | BUTTDIAL | 8 | Call made behind one's back? |
| 69% | BEEPS | 5 | Makes an annoying noise, like a truck backing up |
| 67% | GOODFORYOU | 10 | Comment made with a pat on the back |
| 67% | TUFTED | 6 | Carpets made by inserting pile into the backing |
| 66% | GURGLE | 6 | Make a baby-like noise in the back of the throat |
| 66% | WHISTLE | 7 | Small device blown to make a dog come back |
| 66% | DELOREAN | 8 | Wing-doored car make in Back to the Future |
| 65% | PROMISE | 7 | Declaration sometimes made with crossed fingers behind the back |
| 65% | SWIPE | 5 | Criticism that might be made behind someone's back |
| 63% | UNCLE | 5 | Cry made with one's arm behind one's back |
| 63% | HISOLDSELF | 10 | What a man making a comeback may get back to |
| 62% | EERIE | 5 | Making the hairs on the back of one's neck stand up, perhaps |
| 62% | OLDIE | 5 | Song that might make you say, "This really takes me back" |
| 60% | FETCH | 5 | Command you may use to make your dog "bring the ball back" |
| 60% | REECE | 5 | Volleyball player Gabrielle who makes an appearance in "Air Bud: Spikes Back" |
| 60% | REBOOT | 6 | Bring back and make new, as an old movie franchise |
| 59% | REIMBURSE | 9 | Pay somebody back for a purchase they made for you |
| 58% | AVOW | 4 | "I want you to make ___ to come back, no matter what..." : 2 wds. |