| 100% | REENACT | 7 | Play out the actions of a historical event |
| 51% | REENACTED | 9 | Played out a historical event or battle |
| 46% | WALKING | 7 | Sleep __, the action of a somnambulist |
| 45% | LAPPING | 7 | The action of a cat drinking milk from a saucer |
| 45% | OBJ | 3 | Noun that receives the action of a verb: Abbr. |
| 44% | SECESSION | 9 | The action of withdrawing from a political state |
| 43% | OUTS | 4 | The triple of a triple play |
| 43% | OUTS | 4 | The double of a double play |
| 42% | OUTS | 4 | The double of a baseball double play |
| 42% | NEGOTIATE | 9 | Work out the terms of a deal |
| 41% | OFFSTAGE | 8 | Action that is out of sight of a play's audience |
| 41% | NOELGUGLIEMI | 12 | "The Fast and the Furious" actor who plays a member of the thief's heist crew in "Cash Out" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | KIRSTENDUNST | 12 | "The Power of the Dog" actress who plays a war photojournalist in the 2024 dystopian action film "Civil War" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | STRUM | 5 | The action needed to play a chord on guitar |
| 41% | ADHESION | 8 | The action or process of sticking to a surface |
| 41% | SPARROW | 7 | The surname of a pirate played by Johnny Depp |
| 41% | RESCHEDULE | 10 | Change the time of a planned event |
| 41% | LIE | 3 | Concern when playing out of the rough |
| 41% | SNAP | 4 | Start of a play to the quarterback |
| 41% | FEE | 3 | The $1000 you shell out for you and your buddy to play a round of golf at Nevada's Shadow Creek Golf Course |
| 40% | ACTONE | 6 | Part of a play with the opening scene |
| 40% | INNOCENCE | 9 | "The Age of ___," 1993 historical romantic drama in which Daniel Day-Lewis plays a lawyer |
| 40% | PANAMACANAL | 11 | A way out of the Caribbean |
| 40% | FIN | 3 | Part of a shark sticking out of the water |
| 40% | RECALL | 6 | Bring the memory of a past event to mind |
| 40% | TRAILER | 7 | Teaser of a movie shown before the main event |
| 40% | SPOUT | 5 | Part of a teapot where the tea comes out |
| 40% | SURVIVES | 8 | Makes it out the other side of a disaster |
| 40% | REENTRY | 7 | Event near the end of a mission |
| 40% | STRUM | 5 | Play with a sweep of the hand |