| 100% | ENABLER | 7 | One who's a well-meaning but bad influence on a friend, maybe |
| 42% | CURATOR | 7 | One who puts on a show, maybe |
| 41% | GOODSPORT | 9 | Opposite of a bad loser, one who takes defeat well |
| 41% | FLIRT | 5 | One who's a charmer, maybe |
| 39% | COURTENEYCOX | 12 | Actress who played a woman pretending to be Jerry's wife for a dry-cleaning discount on "Seinfeld," but is better known as Monica on "Friends" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | JOURNEYMAN | 10 | One who’s dependable but not a star |
| 39% | USER | 4 | One who's not a good friend |
| 39% | FOE | 3 | One who’s decidedly not a friend |
| 38% | CHALK | 5 | I am a teacher's best friend. I help them write on the blackboard. Who am I? |
| 38% | MEGANMULLALLY | 13 | Actress who played a woman who wouldn't sit on George's left on "Seinfeld," but is better known as Karen on "Will & Grace" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | NARC | 4 | One who's always on the lookout for a deal |
| 37% | PELEG | 5 | Literary captain who says "It's better to sail with a moody good captain than a laughing bad one" |
| 37% | PELEG | 5 | Literary seaman who says, “It’s better to sail with a moody good captain than a laughing bad one” |
| 37% | USE | 3 | One listed on a product's packaging, maybe |
| 37% | HERE | 4 | Shout from one who's on a roll? |
| 37% | GEMS | 4 | A girl's best friends, maybe |
| 37% | LIZZYCAPLAN | 11 | "Masters of Sex" actress who plays one of Toby Fleishman's best friends on "Fleishman Is in Trouble" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | IDO | 3 | Utterance with one's hand on a Bible, maybe |
| 37% | HERE | 4 | Responsive yell from one who's on a roll? |
| 37% | SEXTED | 6 | Turned on a friend, maybe? |
| 36% | ADMIRER | 7 | One who sends a Valentine, maybe |
| 36% | DAD | 3 | World's Best ___ (inscription on a Father's Day gift, maybe) |
| 36% | ELMO | 4 | One of Zoe's best friends on "Sesame Street" |
| 36% | ALLY | 4 | Friend who's on your side in a conflict |
| 36% | WHOSAGOODBOY | 12 | Question to one's best friend, maybe |
| 36% | LIAR | 4 | One who fails a polygraph test, maybe |
| 36% | CORRUPTED | 9 | Was a bad influence on |
| 36% | LEADASTRAY | 10 | Be a bad influence on |
| 36% | ENABLE | 6 | Be a bad influence on |
| 36% | SPACEMAN | 8 | One on a mission, maybe |