| 100% | INNER | 5 | Private, as desires |
| 66% | TOTASTE | 7 | As desired, in recipes |
| 64% | INNER | 5 | Private, as thoughts |
| 63% | GATED | 5 | Private, as some neighborhoods |
| 61% | GATED | 5 | Private, as an enclosed community |
| 59% | THIRST | 6 | Desire, as for knowledge |
| 59% | HOPEDFOR | 8 | Desired, as a result |
| 56% | INON | 4 | Knowing, as something private |
| 56% | ONKP | 4 | Punished, as some privates |
| 54% | ONACASE | 7 | Working, as a private investigator |
| 54% | INON | 4 | Knowing, as a private joke |
| 53% | COVET | 5 | Desire, as in one of the Ten Commandments |
| 53% | INON | 4 | Part of, as a private joke |
| 51% | INON | 4 | A party to, as a private joke |
| 51% | SLIDEINTOTHEDMS | 15 | Start a private flirtation, as on Twitter |
| 50% | CRAVE | 5 | Desire, as a pregnant person might a bacon-pickle sandwich |
| 50% | INON | 4 | Part of, as a private joke (2 wds.) |
| 50% | KISSANDTELL | 11 | Revealing private secrets, as a memoir (1/2) |
| 50% | WARMOVIE | 8 | Film such as “Saving Private Ryan” or “Platoon” |
| 50% | URGE | 4 | A sudden desire for something, such as chocolate |
| 48% | URGE | 4 | A sudden desire or pang, such as for chocolate |
| 47% | SET | 3 | Adjust to the desired wake-up time, as an alarm |
| 46% | STOREBRAND | 10 | Private label, such as Walmart’s Great Value or Costco’s Kirkland Signature |
| 45% | MURDERBOT | 9 | Apple TV+ series starring Alexander Skarsgård as a private security entity |
| 44% | HONEYDONT | 9 | 2025 black comedy starring Margaret Qualley as a private investigator: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ANGEL | 5 | Former TV series starring David Boreanaz as a vampire working as a private detective |
| 41% | INHERENTVICE | 12 | 2014 Paul Thomas Anderson film starring Joaquin Phoenix as a private detective: 2 wds. |
| 41% | HARRYO | 6 | 1970s US television series that starred David Janssen as a San Diego private investigator |
| 41% | RYAN | 4 | "Saving Private ___," 1998 film starring Tom Hanks as a Captain during World War II |
| 40% | MIKEHAMMER | 10 | Private eye in novels by Mickey Spillane, such as I, the Jury and My Gun Is Quick |