| 100% | NAVIGATOR | 9 | Person who directs the course of a ship |
| 87% | NAVIGATOR | 9 | Person who directs the route or course of a ship |
| 84% | NAVIGATOR | 9 | A person who directs the route or course of a ship |
| 60% | STEER | 5 | Direct the course of a vehicle |
| 55% | DESIGNER | 8 | Person who imagines the aesthetics of a product |
| 55% | TUNER | 5 | Person who adjusts the pitch of a piano |
| 55% | CURATOR | 7 | Person who organizes the contents of a gallery |
| 54% | CHANNELCHANGERS | 15 | Engineers who relocate the course of a river? |
| 52% | ADVISOR | 7 | Person who recommends a course of action |
| 52% | AUDITOR | 7 | A person who checks the accuracy of accounts |
| 52% | LIFEGUARD | 9 | A person who supervises the safety of swimmers |
| 51% | NATE | 4 | Parker who directed the 2016 movie "The Birth of a Nation" |
| 51% | LAIC | 4 | Person who is not a member of the clergy |
| 50% | ROOFER | 6 | Person who fixes the tiles on top of a house |
| 50% | AMISH | 5 | People who follow a set of rules called the Ordnung |
| 50% | OTTO | 4 | Preminger who directed the classic crime movies “Laura” and “Anatomy of a Murder” |
| 49% | HEADED | 6 | Directed the course of |
| 49% | BFF | 3 | Person who might have the other half of a heart necklace, in brief |
| 49% | FEMINISTS | 9 | People who support a political movement that calls for the equality of women |
| 49% | OXONIAN | 7 | A person who comes from the city of Oxford |
| 49% | PARISIAN | 8 | A person who lives in the capital of France |
| 48% | CAPTAIN | 7 | The person in charge of a ship |
| 48% | ORSON | 5 | Welles who directed a radio version of “The War of the Worlds” |
| 48% | BLACKPANTHERS | 13 | Members of a resistance party who organized the People's Free Food Program |
| 47% | GLAZEDOVER | 10 | Like the eyes of a person who hasn't gotten enough sleep |
| 47% | GIGWORKER | 9 | Person who takes temporary jobs in the service sector (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2021) |
| 46% | BONO | 4 | U2 singer who is a former Time Person of the Year |
| 46% | ALDA | 4 | Alan who directed the final episode of "M*A*S*H" |
| 46% | CONDUCTOR | 9 | Maestro or person who directs the orchestra |
| 46% | NEURALGIA | 9 | Pain along the course of a nerve |