| 100% | ACTHAPPY | 8 | Pretend to be in good spirits (2 wds.) |
| 56% | POSEDAS | 7 | Pretended to be (2 wds.) |
| 55% | HALLPASS | 8 | Slip allowing a student to be in the corridor during class time: 2 wds. |
| 53% | REDSKELTON | 10 | Comedian who got an Honorary Doctorate (said to be in "Foolology") from Ball State: 2 wds. |
| 52% | INKIND | 6 | Fair way to be repaid, as with goods of the same sort: 2 wds. |
| 52% | COURTENEYCOX | 12 | Actress who played a woman pretending to be Jerry's wife for a dry-cleaning discount on "Seinfeld," but is better known as Monica on "Friends" (2 wds.) |
| 50% | ALIE | 4 | Living ___ (pretending to be something you're not): 2 wds. |
| 50% | NUN | 3 | What Deloris pretended to be in "Sister Act" |
| 50% | ALI | 3 | Prince whom Aladdin pretends to be in "Aladdin" |
| 50% | RAMIMALEK | 9 | "Bohemian Rhapsody" Oscar winner who was in the James Bond movie "No Time to Die": 2 wds. |
| 50% | PLAYHOUSE | 9 | Pretend to be grownups in building |
| 49% | VENUSWILLIAMS | 13 | First African-American tennis player to be ranked #1 in women's singles during the Open Era: 2 wds. |
| 49% | NUN | 3 | What Deloris pretended to be, in "Sister Act" |
| 49% | ALOT | 4 | "This is ___ to take in!": 2 wds. |
| 48% | ACT | 3 | Pretend to be someone else, as in a movie |
| 48% | YAPSAT | 6 | Tries to be a good watchdog, say (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ACTS | 4 | Pretends to be someone else, as in a movie |
| 48% | READERSDIGEST | 13 | General-interest family magazine that has been in publication since 1920, and was the best-selling magazine till 2009: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ALI | 3 | Prince that Aladdin pretends to be, in the Disney movie |
| 47% | NUN | 3 | Deloris pretends to be one in "Sister Act" |
| 47% | OHTO | 4 | "___ be in England": Browning: 2 wds. |
| 47% | MIMES | 5 | Ones pretending to be trapped in invisible boxes, typically |
| 47% | OHTO | 4 | "___ Be in Love" (Kate Bush song): 2 wds. |
| 47% | GETALONG | 8 | Be on good terms: 2 wds. |
| 47% | USEDTO | 6 | Was in the habit of: 2 wds. |
| 46% | STYLE | 5 | Good thing to be in |
| 46% | SHAPE | 5 | Good thing to be in |
| 46% | TUNE | 4 | Good thing to be in |
| 46% | LUCK | 4 | Good thing to be in |
| 46% | MIME | 4 | Person who might pretend to be stuck in a box |