| 100% | WAGE | 4 | Prosecute, as a war |
| 75% | WAGING | 6 | Undertaking, as a war |
| 75% | WAGED | 5 | Fought, as a war |
| 72% | WAGE | 4 | Carry on, as a war |
| 72% | WAGED | 5 | Carried on, as a war |
| 69% | EMBED | 5 | Put in place, as a war correspondent |
| 68% | BRISEIS | 7 | Princess taken by Achilles as a war prize |
| 66% | SMOKY | 5 | Yorkshire terrier who served as a war dog in WWII |
| 65% | REENACTS | 8 | Stages, as a Civil War battle |
| 65% | REENACT | 7 | Stage, as a Civil War battle |
| 65% | TOJO | 4 | Hideki —, Japanese prime minister hanged as a war criminal in 1948 |
| 64% | RESTAGED | 8 | Enacted again, as a Civil War battle |
| 64% | RECREATE | 8 | Act out, as a Civil War battle |
| 63% | BATTLEAXE | 9 | Broadax used as a weapon of war (hyphenated) |
| 63% | REENACTS | 8 | Performs in costume, as a Civil War battle |
| 63% | WINSLOW | 7 | __ Homer, famous as a US Civil War illustrator |
| 63% | TOJO | 4 | Hideki —, Japanese soldier and prime minister hanged as a war criminal in 1948 |
| 61% | GALLEON | 7 | Old-time sailing vessel, used as a naval war ship |
| 61% | MATAHARI | 8 | Dancer executed as a German spy in World War I |
| 60% | GENOA | 5 | City where Marco Polo was held as a prisoner of war |
| 59% | MARATHONMAN | 11 | 1976 thriller featuring Laurence Olivier as a war criminal who worked as a dentist: 2 wds. |
| 59% | ARBYS | 5 | Fast-food chain that Jon Stewart once called "the only food classified as a war crime" |
| 59% | ALCOTT | 6 | Best-selling author who served as a nurse in the Civil War |
| 57% | HACKSAWRIDGE | 12 | 2016 drama starring Andrew Garfield as a World War II medic: 2 wds. |
| 56% | RYAN | 4 | "Saving Private ___," 1998 film starring Tom Hanks as a Captain during World War II |
| 54% | ANDRE | 5 | John —, British Army officer hanged as a spy in 1780 during the American War of Independence |
| 54% | ORDE | 4 | Kittrie, Fellow at the FDD and author of "Lawfare: Law as a Weapon of War" (2016) |
| 54% | EVIL | 4 | "Extremely Wicked, Shockingly ___, and Vile," 2019 biographical film where Jim Parsons features as a prosecuting attorney |
| 54% | CASERTA | 7 | Italian city whose Royal Palace has been used as a set in two "Star Wars" films |
| 53% | AGENTORANGE | 11 | Highly poisonous herbicide used as a spray for crop destruction by the US during the Vietnam War |