| 100% | DARNERS | 7 | Needles used to patch up socks, for e.g. |
| 44% | SPEAKER | 7 | E.g. a portable device used for listening to music |
| 41% | SEW | 3 | Use a needle and thread, to darn, e.g. |
| 39% | AFL | 3 | Org. the Raiders used to play for, up to 1960 |
| 35% | TAR | 3 | Pitch used to patch |
| 35% | STOCKING | 8 | Long sock hung up on Christmas Eve for Santa to fill with gifts |
| 35% | VACUUM | 6 | Use this sucker to clean up fallen pine needles |
| 34% | IMS | 3 | Uses Discord, e.g., for short |
| 34% | IMPERFECTTENSE | 14 | Verb form in “I used to solve puzzles,” e.g. |
| 34% | FORELIMB | 8 | Body part that a dog uses to shake, e.g. |
| 34% | SUBOUT | 6 | Use a pinch runner for, e.g. |
| 34% | LADDER | 6 | Used to climb up |
| 33% | HERB | 4 | Plant used to add flavor to food, e.g. thyme, dill |
| 33% | TAR | 3 | Material used to patch some road defects |
| 33% | TNT | 3 | Used to blow thing up |
| 33% | PUN | 3 | "I used to be a banker, but I lost interest," e.g. |
| 33% | FELONY | 6 | For a class E one of these you could get up to 5 years and a $250,000 fine |
| 33% | ENROLLED | 8 | Signed up, e.g. to a course |
| 32% | ENROLL | 6 | To register for a course, e.g. |
| 32% | GLASSING | 8 | Searching using binoculars, e.g. for animals |
| 32% | SPEC | 4 | Materials to be used, e.g. |
| 32% | PUN | 3 | Mae West's "I used to be Snow White, but I drifted," e.g. |
| 32% | DADJOKE | 7 | "I used to hate my beard, but then it grew on me," e.g. |
| 32% | ONELINER | 8 | “I used to hate facial hair, but then it grew on me,” e.g. |
| 32% | IMPROVISE | 9 | To make up on the spot, e.g. in acting or comedy |
| 32% | THISISSPINALTAPE | 16 | "Here's what you need to patch up that backbone"? |
| 31% | CABLETIES | 9 | Used to hold computer cords together for neatness |
| 31% | COURSING | 8 | Using dogs to catch game, e.g. hares |
| 31% | SSN | 3 | ID no. used to e-file |
| 31% | TIL | 3 | Up to, for short |