| 100% | HOWCANIHELP | 11 | Query from a perfect house guest |
| 45% | HATETOEATANDRUN | 15 | Apologetic comment from a dinner guest |
| 44% | SPARE | 5 | Score absent from a perfect bowling game |
| 42% | OPED | 4 | Piece from a guest-writer |
| 41% | EVICTING | 8 | Legally removing people from a house |
| 41% | OPEDPIECE | 9 | Essay from a guest columnist, e.g. |
| 41% | YSL | 3 | Famous initials from a French fashion house |
| 41% | SHORE | 5 | View from a beach house |
| 41% | GROAN | 5 | Sound from a haunted house |
| 41% | GRETEL | 6 | Escapee from a gingerbread house |
| 40% | LETMEUP | 7 | Request from a guest over an apartment intercom |
| 40% | BACKDOOR | 8 | Exit point from a house to a garden |
| 40% | DRAINS | 6 | Where rainwater is channeled into from a house |
| 40% | WAIL | 4 | Sound from a haunted house, perhaps |
| 39% | WHEREARIGHTTOKNOW | 17 | Common query from one about to leave the house |
| 38% | MOANS | 5 | Spooky sounds from a haunted house |
| 38% | HATETOEATANDRUN | 15 | Rueful words from a guest who can't stay for dessert |
| 38% | TABARNAK | 8 | Quebecois expletive derived from a word for a house of worship |
| 38% | DOWNSIZING | 10 | Moving from a big house to an apartment, say |
| 38% | HOPETHISHELPS | 13 | Closing remark from someone answering a query |
| 37% | PATIO | 5 | Area in a house perfect for a BBQ |
| 37% | FRONTDOOR | 9 | Entrance to a house from the street side |
| 36% | FLOORPLAN | 9 | Diagram of rooms in a house, seen from above |
| 36% | KIDS | 4 | Reason to move from an apartment to a house |
| 36% | MOAN | 4 | Sound that comes from a haunted house |
| 36% | DANCEAGAIN | 10 | A song by 31a , which features guest vocals from Pitbull: 2 wds. |
| 35% | DOORBELL | 8 | Device that warns of a guest arriving at a house |
| 35% | DREDAY | 6 | 1993 rap hit with a guest appearance from Snoop Dogg |
| 35% | PAINSCALE | 9 | Rating system on which a ten is far from perfect |
| 35% | MEWS | 4 | British term for a row of houses converted from stables |