| 100% | OPENS | 5 | Performs before the main act |
| 100% | OPEN | 4 | Perform before the main act |
| 95% | OPENS | 5 | Performs before the main act, perhaps |
| 77% | OPENED | 6 | Played before the main act |
| 71% | OPENER | 6 | Band that comes on before the main act |
| 67% | OPENERS | 7 | Acts before the main event |
| 63% | OPENED | 6 | Performed prior to the main act |
| 58% | OPENER | 6 | It precedes the main act |
| 56% | OPEN | 4 | Perform before the headliner |
| 54% | PRELIM | 6 | Event before the main event |
| 54% | PREPS | 5 | Jobs before the main job |
| 54% | STARTER | 7 | Small plate before the main |
| 53% | OPENER | 6 | Precursor to the main act (NEOPRENE) |
| 53% | EVE | 3 | An evening before the main event |
| 53% | OPENER | 6 | It comes before the main event |
| 53% | CURTAINRAISER | 13 | Short play before the main play |
| 53% | CURTAINRAISER | 13 | Short play before the main performance |
| 52% | STARTER | 7 | Dish that comes before the main course? |
| 52% | PRELIM | 6 | Round before the main event, for short |
| 52% | APP | 3 | Food before the main course, for short |
| 52% | HEADLINED | 9 | Performed on the main stage |
| 51% | APP | 3 | Food ordered before the main course, for short |
| 50% | APPETIZER | 9 | A small dish before the main meal, a starter |
| 50% | TRAILER | 7 | Teaser of a movie shown before the main event |
| 50% | CRUDITES | 8 | French word for raw veggies served before the main |
| 49% | OPENER | 6 | Act before the headliner |
| 46% | THESMOKE | 8 | London's nickname from before the Clean Air Acts |
| 46% | RAVI | 4 | He performed before Melanie on the first day of Woodstock |
| 46% | MAKEHAY | 7 | Act before things change; __ while the sun shines |
| 46% | MORPHING | 8 | The act of changing instantly before your eyes |