| 100% | TEC | 3 | Private eye, in old-timey slang |
| 88% | TEC | 3 | Private eye, in old slang |
| 71% | TEC | 3 | Private eye, in old lingo |
| 70% | TEC | 3 | Private eye, in old crime novels |
| 70% | TECS | 4 | Private eyes, in slang |
| 65% | TEC | 3 | Private investigator, in old slang |
| 62% | CARNIE | 6 | Sideshow barker, in old-timey slang |
| 61% | GAM | 3 | Leg, in old-timey slang |
| 59% | RADIOLAND | 9 | D.J.’s listenership, in old-timey slang |
| 55% | SPENSER | 7 | Private eye in dozens of novels |
| 55% | GUMSHOE | 7 | Private eye in a noir novel |
| 53% | NEATO | 5 | "Cool!" in old slang |
| 53% | RAD | 3 | "Awesome!" in old slang |
| 52% | DARB | 4 | Real beauty, in old slang |
| 52% | HEP | 3 | With it, in old slang |
| 52% | GAT | 3 | Lead pumper, in old slang |
| 52% | HEPCAT | 6 | Jazz lover, in old slang |
| 52% | GAT | 3 | Gang pistol, in old slang |
| 52% | ONER | 4 | Something unique, in old slang |
| 52% | CAGER | 5 | Basketball player, in old slang |
| 52% | OKE | 3 | Just peachy, in old slang |
| 52% | OATER | 5 | Western film, in old slang |
| 52% | CAGERS | 6 | Court figures, in old slang |
| 52% | REEFER | 6 | Marijuana cigarette, in old slang |
| 52% | GASSERS | 7 | Remarkable things, in old slang |
| 52% | BBOY | 4 | Break dancer, in old slang |
| 52% | SOCKO | 5 | Very successful, in old slang |
| 52% | PEEPERS | 7 | Eyes, in slang |
| 51% | GUNN | 4 | Private eye Peter of old TV |
| 51% | OLA | 3 | Suffix with boff, in old slang |