| 100% | BACKSTORY | 9 | Part of a narrative that may be told in a prequel |
| 65% | ESSAY | 5 | Part of an exam that might be written in a blue book |
| 62% | ORIGIN | 6 | Part of a narrative that a prequel might provide |
| 58% | BUNT | 4 | Soft hit that might be part of a suicide squeeze, in baseball |
| 58% | ATTIC | 5 | Part of a house that might be accessed with a ladder |
| 57% | BROW | 4 | Part of a face that may be furrowed |
| 57% | EAR | 3 | Part of a cow that might be tagged |
| 57% | EXTERIOR | 8 | Part of a car that might be detailed |
| 57% | PROBLEMAREAS | 12 | Parts of a task that might be tricky |
| 56% | BIKELANE | 8 | Part of a road that might be painted green |
| 56% | CAM | 3 | Part of a laptop that might be covered by a sticky note, for short |
| 56% | TOE | 3 | Part of a boot that may be made of steel |
| 56% | HEEL | 4 | Part of a shoe that might be described as "stiletto" |
| 56% | BASE | 4 | Part of a pyramid that might be rectangular or triangular |
| 56% | SKY | 3 | Part of a landscape that may have clouds in it |
| 56% | LEAF | 4 | Part of a tree that might fall off in the autumn |
| 55% | LINEITEM | 8 | Single part of a bill that might be vetoed |
| 54% | LEAF | 4 | Part of a tree that may fall in Fall |
| 53% | TOE | 3 | Body part that might be dipped in a pool |
| 53% | GEM | 3 | Type of stone that might be set in a ring |
| 52% | GHOSTSTORY | 10 | Tale that may be told with a fire in one's eyes |
| 52% | DOT | 3 | Part of "i" that may be replaced with a heart |
| 52% | PUB | 3 | Bar that may be part of a "crawl" |
| 52% | ISLE | 4 | Key that might be part of a chain |
| 52% | METEOR | 6 | Shooting star that might be part of a shower |
| 52% | EMOJI | 5 | Small graphic that might be part of a text |
| 51% | IRIS | 4 | Part of the eye that may also be a woman's name |
| 51% | SILO | 4 | Rural tower that may be part of a grain elevator |
| 51% | TAXCUT | 6 | Campaign promise that might be part of a financial plan |
| 51% | ICANDOTHIS | 10 | Words that might be part of a self-pep talk |