| 100% | SPROUTING | 9 | Popping out of the ground, like a plant |
| 100% | SPROUT | 6 | Pop out of the ground like a plant |
| 78% | SPROUT | 6 | Spring up out of the ground, like a plant |
| 65% | UPROOT | 6 | Pull out of the ground, as a plant or tree |
| 61% | SPROUT | 6 | Pop out of the ground |
| 59% | WEED | 4 | Plant a gardener might yank out of the ground |
| 55% | UPROOTED | 8 | Like a tree that has been lifted out of the ground |
| 55% | UPROOTS | 7 | Pulls out of the ground, as a weed |
| 51% | PEZ | 3 | Candy that could pop out of the neck of a plastic Batman or Mickey Mouse |
| 51% | EXHUME | 6 | Dig a corpse out of the ground |
| 49% | CATCHY | 6 | Like the hook of a good pop song |
| 49% | ODDPINNATE | 10 | Like the leaves of a rose plant, for example |
| 48% | DIVOT | 5 | Chunk of grass cut out of the ground by a golf swing |
| 48% | HOMERUN | 7 | Like a baseball hit out of the park |
| 48% | EJECT | 5 | Pop out of the DVD player |
| 47% | MINED | 5 | Got out of the ground |
| 47% | UPROOTS | 7 | Tears out of the ground |
| 47% | ROOTUP | 6 | Pull out of the ground |
| 47% | TEE | 3 | A golf swing might pull it out of the ground |
| 47% | DIVOT | 5 | Chunk taken out of the ground |
| 47% | ANTS | 4 | What people on the ground might look like from the top of a Ferris wheel |
| 46% | THEWEEKND | 9 | Singer of the 2015 pop song "Earned It," which sounds like a waltz: 2 wds. |
| 46% | TEE | 3 | Item that might be knocked out of the ground with a golf shot |
| 46% | ORES | 4 | They're dug out of the ground |
| 46% | SLITHER | 7 | Wriggle along the ground like a snake |
| 46% | BILLYJOEL | 9 | Singer of the 1973 pop song "The Piano Man," which sounds like a waltz: 2 wds. |
| 46% | EJECT | 5 | Pop out of a plane |
| 46% | XXXXX | 5 | Pops out of a can |
| 45% | STEM | 4 | Flower part that grows out of the ground |
| 45% | RIM | 3 | The outer edge of something, like a Basketball ___ |