| 100% | LURIE | 5 | Novelist Alison, whose name becomes actor Hugh if you add an A |
| 52% | AKON | 4 | Singer whose name becomes a city if you add an "R" in the middle |
| 50% | EAR | 3 | Organ whose name becomes a related verb if you add a letter |
| 49% | DAIS | 4 | Platform whose name becomes a flower if you add a Y at the end |
| 46% | TMAX | 4 | Kodak black-and-white film brand whose name becomes a department store if you insert a J and append an X |
| 42% | HOLA | 4 | Greeting that becomes another greeting if you add an A at the front and reverse it |
| 42% | FINCH | 5 | Bird whose name becomes a unit of length if you remove its first letter |
| 42% | IRAN | 4 | Country whose name becomes another country if you change the last letter to a Q |
| 41% | BOSC | 4 | Fruit variety whose name becomes that of an artist when you add an H to the end |
| 41% | TEAK | 4 | Plant whose name becomes that of a meat product when an s is added to the beginning |
| 40% | BOA | 3 | Snake that becomes a pig if you add an R |
| 40% | TEMPE | 5 | U.S. city whose name becomes another city's name if you change both its vowels to A's |
| 40% | BABE | 4 | 1996 Oscar nominee whose title becomes a 2007 Oscar nominee if you add an L to the end |
| 40% | UNTIE | 5 | Verb that becomes a family member if you add an A at the beginning |
| 39% | WES | 3 | Name that becomes a direction if you add a T |
| 39% | ELM | 3 | Tree that becomes a Muppet if you add an "o" to the end |
| 39% | ARIA | 4 | Solo that becomes a font if you add an "L" to the end |
| 38% | ASP | 3 | Reptile that becomes an insect if you add a W |
| 38% | ALBEN | 5 | Truman veep Barkley whose name sounds like a musical record if you change the last letter to an "m" |
| 38% | JEANRENO | 8 | French actor whose name becomes that of a French director when IR is added to the end |
| 37% | ETSY | 4 | Website that becomes a name if you add a B at the beginning |
| 36% | ARGO | 4 | 2012 film that becomes a 1996 film if you add an F at the beginning |
| 36% | AMINO | 5 | Kind of acid that becomes a musical key if you add an "r" |
| 36% | EMO | 3 | Music genre that becomes a Sesame Street character if you add an L |
| 36% | PANAM | 5 | Old airline that becomes a Central American country if you add an A to the end: 2 wds. |
| 36% | TONGA | 5 | Pacific nation whose name becomes a dance if its vowels are switched |
| 36% | LEMONDE | 7 | Newspaper name that becomes a beverage if you insert an "a" after its fifth letter |
| 35% | LUTE | 4 | Instrument that becomes another instrument if you add an F at the beginning |
| 34% | AKON | 4 | Singer whose name becomes a place in Hawaii if the first letter moves to the end |
| 34% | LAO | 3 | Language that becomes the name of where it's spoken if you add an "s" |