| 100% | EFTS | 4 | Newts in transition |
| 100% | EFT | 3 | Newt in transition |
| 57% | EFT | 3 | Newt in its terrestrial stage |
| 54% | ERGO | 4 | Transition in logic |
| 53% | EFT | 3 | A newt in its terrestrial stage |
| 52% | HRT | 3 | Treatment for someone in transition, in brief |
| 52% | EDDIE | 5 | He's Newt in ''Fantastic Beasts'' films |
| 50% | CHROMIUM | 8 | Transition metal Cr used in electroplating |
| 50% | WIPE | 4 | Transition used in many Kurosawa films |
| 50% | CUSPS | 5 | Transition points between signs, in astrology |
| 50% | SEGUE | 5 | Smooth transition in conversation |
| 50% | SEGUE | 5 | Smooth transition in music |
| 50% | BTDUBS | 6 | Casual transition in conversation |
| 50% | SOFTEDGE | 8 | Gradual transition, in art |
| 49% | NICKEL | 6 | Transition metal, used in electric guitar strings |
| 49% | TANTALUM | 8 | Transition metal Ta, used in electronic components |
| 49% | FOURMILLIONYEARSLATER | 21 | Transition from then to now in 2001 |
| 48% | WIPE | 4 | Transition effect famously used in "Star Wars" films |
| 38% | EDDIEREDMAYNE | 13 | "The Danish Girl" actor who plays Newt Scamander in "Fantastic Beasts": 2 wds. |
| 38% | EDDIE | 5 | Redmayne who plays Newt Scamander in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" |
| 38% | IRISES | 6 | Movie transitions in which the field of vision appears to expand or contract |
| 35% | CHARLIEDAY | 10 | "Horrible Bosses 2" actor who plays Dr. Newt Geiszler in "Pacific Rim Uprising": 2 wds. |
| 35% | RISINGEDGES | 11 | Low-to-high transitions in digital signals, and an apt description of the circled letters |
| 34% | FINKNOTTLE | 10 | Augustus —, fish-faced newt collector in Right Ho, Jeeves and other novels by P G Wodehouse |
| 33% | SEGUES | 6 | Makes the transition |
| 33% | THEN | 4 | Storyteller's transition |
| 33% | WIPE | 4 | Film editing transition |
| 33% | STARWIPE | 8 | Tacky television transition |
| 33% | CUSP | 4 | Point of transition |
| 33% | SEGUE | 5 | Smooth musical transition |