| 100% | SUB | 3 | One coming off the bench, for short |
| 82% | SUB | 3 | Player coming off the bench, for short |
| 72% | SUB | 3 | One coming off the bench |
| 72% | PINCHHITTER | 11 | One coming off the bench |
| 65% | SUBBED | 6 | Came off the bench (for) |
| 57% | SRS | 3 | Ones who came before the juniors, for short |
| 56% | SUBS | 4 | Players coming off the bench |
| 54% | SIXTH | 5 | ___ man (NBA player who comes off the bench) |
| 53% | AWOL | 4 | Off the base, for short |
| 50% | ADLIB | 5 | It comes off the top of one's head |
| 49% | LIRR | 4 | One way to the Hamptons, for short |
| 49% | EXPAT | 5 | One living outside the country, for short |
| 49% | ASST | 4 | One who helps the Manager, for short |
| 49% | UMP | 3 | One who calls the strikes, for short |
| 49% | IVS | 3 | Ones stuck in the hospital, for short? |
| 48% | IDIOM | 5 | “Fly off the handle,” for one |
| 48% | ATV | 3 | It goes off the beaten path, for short |
| 47% | SAT | 3 | Day that kicks off the weekend, for short |
| 47% | FRI | 3 | Night to kick off the weekend, for short |
| 47% | SUBS | 4 | Extra players on the bench in a game, for short |
| 47% | ATL | 3 | Ocean off the coast of Maine and Delaware, for short |
| 46% | EXEC | 4 | One of the brass, for short |
| 46% | MERC | 4 | One of the exchanges, for short |
| 46% | POL | 3 | One on the trail, for short |
| 46% | PENN | 4 | One of the Ivies, for short |
| 46% | PED | 3 | One crossing the road, for short |
| 46% | DOC | 3 | One with the stethoscope, for short |
| 46% | DET | 3 | One with the force, for short |
| 45% | CAT | 3 | The title character of the short story “Tobermory,” for one |
| 45% | MAX | 3 | One end of the volume knob, for short |