| 100% | UNTIL | 5 | Preposition often shortened to one syllable |
| 60% | ARE | 3 | Verb often shortened to one letter in texts |
| 59% | ARE | 3 | Word often shortened to one letter in text messages |
| 45% | PAJAMAS | 7 | Garb often shortened to three letters |
| 44% | BARBECUE | 8 | Method of cooking often shortened to BBQ |
| 44% | AND | 3 | Word often shortened to its middle letter |
| 43% | FOR | 3 | Word often shortened to a numeral in texts |
| 43% | ARE | 3 | Word often shortened to its middle letter in texts |
| 43% | PERMANENTWAVE | 13 | *Salon job often shortened to its first four letters |
| 43% | ARE | 3 | Verb often shortened to its middle letter in texting |
| 43% | YOU | 3 | Word often shortened to its last letter by texters |
| 41% | AROMANTIC | 9 | Orientation whose name is often shortened to its first three letters |
| 41% | TARPAULIN | 9 | Covering whose name is often shortened to its first four letters |
| 41% | ARE | 3 | Word that's often shortened to its middle letter in texts |
| 41% | PET | 3 | One often talked down to? |
| 40% | TVREPORTER | 10 | One with news to share, often |
| 40% | GAMER | 5 | One trying to level up, often |
| 39% | RAT | 3 | One often paid to talk |
| 39% | RAT | 3 | One often paid to talk? |
| 38% | FUNDAY | 6 | One-off event, often to raise money for charity |
| 37% | DIZZY | 5 | Like one trying to hit a piñata, often |
| 37% | URGE | 4 | One is often hard to resist |
| 36% | CHOKEUPONTHEBRAT | 16 | What one often sees Homer do to Bart Simpson? |
| 36% | FAINT | 5 | One is often said to be dead |
| 35% | RECIPES | 7 | Kitchen formulas often passed down from one generation to another |
| 34% | UIE | 3 | It's often illegal to hang one |
| 33% | MERGE | 5 | Something road construction often requires and the "zipper" ones seem to be preferred |
| 32% | HARP | 4 | Instrument often associated with angels that one may learn to play as a hobby |
| 32% | APART | 5 | To one side |
| 32% | DIPHTHONG | 9 | Two vowels combined as one syllable |