| 100% | IMNOTHERE | 9 | Message whispered to someone on the phone with an obnoxious caller |
| 38% | ITSME | 5 | First line on the phone to someone you know well |
| 35% | CALL | 4 | Ring someone on the phone |
| 35% | RANG | 4 | Called someone on the phone |
| 33% | DIAL | 4 | What you do when calling someone on the phone |
| 33% | TONE | 4 | Suffix with "ring" to mean the tune that plays for an incoming phone call |
| 32% | SMS | 3 | Messages on the phone |
| 32% | SHES | 4 | "You're on the phone with your girlfriend, ___ upset" (Taylor Swift lyric) |
| 32% | ONHOLD | 6 | Waiting to talk on the phone |
| 32% | CALLING | 7 | Trying to reach on the phone |
| 32% | OUTS | 4 | On the __ with; not speaking to |
| 31% | HELD | 4 | Listened to Muzak on the phone, maybe |
| 31% | LOOKINGFORWARD | 14 | With an eye on things to come |
| 31% | SMS | 3 | Message service on the phone |
| 31% | SPANKING | 8 | Slapping on the bum with an open hand |
| 30% | CBS | 3 | Station with an eye on the TV |
| 30% | SEER | 4 | One with an eye on the future? |
| 30% | WASSUP | 6 | Iconic advertising campaign launched by Budweiser where people would answer the phone with an elongated greeting |
| 30% | WHATSYOURETA | 12 | Question to someone who's on the way |
| 30% | OLE | 3 | Cheer with an accent on the final letter |
| 30% | KEEBLER | 7 | Cookie brand with an elf on the packaging |
| 29% | OPENDOORS | 9 | Help someone on their way to the top, say |
| 29% | OLE | 3 | Cry spelled with an accent on the last letter |
| 29% | EVES | 4 | ''__ Diary'' (Twain book with an apple on the cover) |
| 29% | OMAN | 4 | Land with an exclave on the Strait of Hormuz |
| 29% | BEEB | 4 | Something to watch on the telly, with "the" |
| 29% | CARP | 4 | Fish with the ornamental koi variety that you could gift your mom as an addition to her Zen garden on Mother's Day |
| 29% | DEBTALF | 7 | ... Looking back on it, it's weird the rental company was named ___. What does an ET owing money have to do with trucks?
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| 29% | OPEC | 4 | Organization with an influence on the global oil prices: Abbr. |
| 29% | COORS | 5 | Beer with an image of the Rockies on its can |