| 100% | STEAMING | 8 | Putting the face over a bowl of boiling water |
| 41% | TAKEONE | 7 | Sign over a bowl of Halloween candy, perhaps |
| 38% | GOLDFISH | 8 | Pet that lives in a bowl of water |
| 38% | THAW | 4 | Let sit in a bowl of water, maybe |
| 37% | STEEP | 5 | Like the face of a cliff |
| 37% | CLOSEDRANKS | 11 | United in the face of a challenge |
| 36% | SCORING | 7 | Putting the notes to a piece of music on paper |
| 36% | HANGUP | 6 | Put the phone down at the end of a call |
| 36% | ONTOP | 5 | Where to put the cherry of a sundae |
| 36% | KEEL | 4 | The backbone of a water vessel |
| 36% | LONCHANEY | 9 | The Man of a Thousand Faces |
| 36% | FIN | 3 | Part of a shark sticking out of the water |
| 36% | DEFIED | 6 | Flew completely in the face of, in a way |
| 36% | MAKEITMAKESENSE | 15 | Rhetorical plea in the face of a dissonant reality |
| 36% | TEST | 4 | Putting a toe in the water, say |
| 36% | TEAR | 4 | A drop of water from the eye |
| 36% | NEPTUNE | 7 | The Roman god of water; a planet |
| 35% | UPHILL | 6 | Facing towards the top of a slope |
| 35% | EGG | 3 | Food item that will float in a bowl of water if it's old |
| 35% | ABSEIL | 6 | Descend down the face of a building on a wire |
| 35% | ONEHUNDRED | 10 | Boiling point of water on the Celsius scale |
| 35% | STEAMING | 8 | Cooking vegetables above a pan of boiling water |
| 35% | HYPNOSIS | 8 | The act of putting someone in a trance |
| 35% | MONET | 5 | "Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies" painter |
| 35% | SUBMERGE | 8 | Put or sink below the surface of water |
| 35% | SEA | 3 | A vast body of water, like the Arabian ___ |
| 35% | STYX | 4 | A tenth part of the waters of Oceanus |
| 35% | EGG | 3 | Something that's gone bad if it floats when placed in a bowl of water |
| 35% | BEARUP | 6 | Laugh in the face of being strangled by a gorilla, maybe |
| 35% | YOLKS | 5 | The pupils of a bacon-and-eggs smiley face |