| 100% | HAD | 3 | Past-tense verb that's potentially confusing (but grammatically correct!) when written twice in a row |
| 36% | ETC | 3 | Abbr. sometimes written twice in a row |
| 35% | ATE | 3 | Past tense verb that sounds like a number |
| 32% | WORE | 4 | Past-tense verb that's a homophone of "war" |
| 31% | MARY | 4 | Nursery rhyme name that's said twice in a row |
| 29% | WERE | 4 | Contraction that's also a past-tense verb |
| 29% | ERROR | 5 | Writing the same number twice in a sudoku row, e.g. |
| 29% | ATE | 3 | Past-tense verb that sounds like a number |
| 28% | ETC | 3 | Abbr. sometimes used twice in a row |
| 28% | ETC | 3 | Abbr. sometimes seen twice in a row |
| 28% | LENT | 4 | Religious observance that's also a past-tense verb |
| 28% | SPOKE | 5 | Bicycle part that's also a past-tense verb |
| 28% | ATE | 3 | Past-tense verb that sounds like a single-digit number |
| 28% | ANGIE | 5 | Girl's name said twice in a Rolling Stones hit before "When will those clouds all disappear?" |
| 28% | COFFEEBEAN | 10 | Globally used seed that usually comes in twos, but when there is only one inside the "cherry", it's known as a peaberry |
| 27% | MARC | 4 | First name that's a verb in reverse |
| 27% | EBAY | 4 | Website that's a verb in Pig Latin |
| 27% | DRAB | 4 | Olive color that's great if you're a grunt eating in the desert but not so great when you're appearing at the Grammy Awards |
| 27% | FLASHBACK | 9 | Scene in a movie that's a glimpse into the past |
| 27% | SILENTP | 7 | Item that's a given but never said in psalms |
| 26% | SEE | 3 | Verb that can combine with its past tense |
| 26% | FLU | 3 | Ailment that sounds like a past-tense verb |
| 26% | ONE | 3 | Number that sounds like a past-tense verb |
| 25% | ARE | 3 | Verb that "R" may stand for in a text |
| 25% | ESSAYTEST | 9 | Exam that's sometimes written in a blue book: 2 wds. |
| 25% | SPELT | 5 | Wheat species that's also a British past tense |
| 25% | IWIN | 4 | ''That's three X's in a row'' |
| 25% | PAST | 4 | Verb tense that often ends in -ed |
| 24% | ACES | 4 | Cards in a deck that have "A" written on them |
| 24% | TENSE | 5 | Verb aspect that places a word in time |