| 100% | OYED | 4 | Negotiated, as with an enemy |
| 58% | NIXON | 5 | President with an enemies list |
| 58% | FLIRTS | 6 | Toys, as with an idea |
| 58% | CLEAVE | 6 | Split, as with an axe |
| 58% | ENDUE | 5 | Provide, as with an ability |
| 57% | ENGAGING | 8 | Entering into combat with an enemy |
| 57% | LOP | 3 | Chop off, as with an axe |
| 57% | LOPS | 4 | Chops off, as with an axe |
| 57% | BESIEGE | 7 | Surround menacingly, as with an army |
| 57% | ADDS | 4 | Puts in, as with an ingredient |
| 56% | CCS | 3 | Also addresses, as with an e-mail |
| 56% | INDETAIL | 8 | Exhaustively, as with an explanation: 2 wds. |
| 56% | LIMP | 4 | Walk unevenly, as with an injured ankle |
| 55% | RESISTS | 7 | Does not cooperate, as with an arresting officer |
| 54% | LINED | 5 | With an extra layer, as winter coats |
| 53% | BOMBARD | 7 | Attack an enemy with artillery fire |
| 52% | AGILITY | 7 | The ability to move quickly and nimbly, as with an athlete |
| 51% | VANED | 5 | With feathers, as an arrow |
| 51% | LINED | 5 | With an extra layer sewn in, as a winter coat |
| 51% | SMOTE | 5 | Struck, as with the jawbone of an ass |
| 50% | SOFT | 4 | Like blackjack hands with an ace counted as 11 |
| 49% | DEFEAT | 6 | Conquer, as an enemy |
| 49% | RESET | 5 | Tamper with, as an odometer |
| 49% | TREATED | 7 | Dealt with, as an injury |
| 49% | RIG | 3 | Tamper with, as an election |
| 49% | AFFORDS | 7 | Provides with, as an opportunity |
| 49% | RIGS | 4 | Tampers with, as an election |
| 49% | STICKSTO | 8 | Stays with, as an agenda |
| 48% | REVET | 5 | Support with stone, as an embankment |
| 48% | ROPES | 5 | Secures, as an area, with "off" |