| 100% | PLAN | 4 | Make decisions about the future |
| 58% | BODE | 4 | Foretell something about the future |
| 58% | HOPE | 4 | Feel good about the future |
| 55% | OMEN | 4 | Hint about the future |
| 55% | PLAN | 4 | Think about the future |
| 55% | OPTIMISM | 8 | Hopefulness about the future |
| 52% | INVESTS | 7 | Makes plans for the future? |
| 51% | DOOMERS | 7 | Pessimists about the future, to say the least |
| 50% | OUTLOOK | 7 | How you feel about the future; an email software |
| 50% | TOMORROWISALONG | 15 | With 69 Across, Bob Dylan song about the future |
| 50% | SPECULATE | 9 | Make guesses about the outcome of something |
| 50% | OPTS | 4 | Makes the decision |
| 49% | ERR | 3 | Make the wrong decision |
| 49% | AVIATE | 6 | Make the Wright decision? |
| 49% | CPA | 3 | Professional who makes decisions about a lot of returns, for short |
| 48% | FLOORING | 8 | Decision made on the ground |
| 48% | JONBOIS | 7 | Sports writer who created 17776, a story about the future of football |
| 47% | RKO | 3 | "__ 281": film about the making of "Citizen Kane" |
| 47% | ARMS | 4 | "Brothers in ___" (documentary about the making of "Platoon") |
| 46% | ARMS | 4 | "Brothers in ___" (2018 documentary about the making of "Platoon") |
| 46% | CHOSE | 5 | Made a decision about stockings |
| 46% | JUDGED | 6 | Made some scoring decisions, as during the Olympics |
| 45% | UNSURE | 6 | Hesitant about making decision |
| 45% | UNREAL | 6 | Lifetime series about the making of the fictional TV show "Everlasting" |
| 45% | VERDICT | 7 | The decision made by the jury at a trial |
| 45% | INFORMED | 8 | Decision one makes when one has all the details |
| 44% | OMEN | 4 | What could make the immediate future tense? |
| 44% | ACTED | 5 | Didn't wait to make the decision |
| 44% | SAVINGMRBANKS | 13 | 2013 Emma Thompson movie about the making of "Mary Poppins": 3 wds. |
| 44% | ARKMATTER | 9 | Blake Crouch novel about the stuff that makes up Noah's ship? |