| 100% | OPENSEA | 7 | Middle of the ocean (2 wds.) |
| 86% | SEABED | 6 | Bottom of the ocean: 2 wds. |
| 79% | DEEPSEA | 7 | Lowest layer of the ocean waters: 2 wds. |
| 74% | HUMPDAY | 7 | The exact middle of the workweek, informally: 2 wds. |
| 73% | HIGHSEAS | 8 | Middle of the ocean |
| 69% | ASA | 3 | Words in the middle of a simile: 2 wds. |
| 68% | BIGMISTAKE | 10 | Song by Australian singer-songwriter Natalie Imbruglia from her debut album "Left of the Middle": 2 wds. |
| 68% | ATSEA | 5 | Out on the ocean: 2 wds. |
| 68% | SALTWATER | 9 | Liquid in the ocean: 2 wds. |
| 67% | DAKOTAFANNING | 13 | "War of the Worlds" star who goes by her middle name, not her first name, Hannah: 2 wds. |
| 67% | ASA | 3 | Middle of most similes: 2 wds. |
| 67% | ASA | 3 | Middle of a simile: 2 wds. |
| 67% | ATSEA | 5 | Sailing the ocean: 2 wds. |
| 65% | ATSEA | 5 | Lost ___ (adrift in the ocean): 2 wds. |
| 65% | HIPBONE | 7 | Part of the pelvis: 2 wds. |
| 65% | ATTHE | 5 | "___ end of the day...": 2 wds. |
| 65% | ONTOP | 5 | Sitting ___ of the world: 2 wds. |
| 65% | IMON | 4 | "___ top of the world!": 2 wds. |
| 65% | ATTHE | 5 | "___ end of the day ...": 2 wds. |
| 65% | STANTHONY | 9 | Patron of the poor: 2 wds. |
| 65% | KANSASCITY | 10 | Home of the Royals: 2 wds. |
| 65% | THOMASEDISON | 12 | Inventor of the phonograph: 2 wds. |
| 64% | ICEFLOE | 7 | Frozen white sheet in the ocean: 2 wds. |
| 64% | ATSEA | 5 | Like a ship crossing the ocean: 2 wds. |
| 63% | SKIPTOWN | 8 | Run away in the middle of the night (2 wds.) |
| 63% | BEACHBALL | 9 | Toy you might inflate by the ocean: 2 wds. |
| 61% | JOHNCARPENTER | 13 | Director of the first "Halloween": 2 wds. |
| 61% | HOTPANTS | 8 | Short shorts of the 1970s: 2 wds. |
| 61% | DANBROWN | 8 | Author of the novel "Inferno": 2 wds. |
| 61% | WEWON | 5 | Cry of the winning team: 2 wds. |