| 100% | BUMPS | 5 | Raises, likewise without its first and third letter |
| 59% | KATIE | 5 | Woman's nickname that sounds like its first and third letters |
| 44% | CRASS | 5 | Rude … or, without its first two letters, rude person |
| 42% | RONA | 4 | Woman's name that becomes another woman's name if you switch the first and third letters |
| 41% | MADAM | 5 | Polite term of address, with or without its third letter |
| 41% | SENORA | 6 | Title usually abbreviated to its first, fifth and sixth letters |
| 39% | ARTIE | 5 | Name that sounds like its second and third letters |
| 39% | ARTIE | 5 | Nickname that sounds like its second and third letters |
| 39% | SENOR | 5 | Title typically abbreviated to its first and last letters |
| 39% | EASE | 4 | Word that sounds like its first and last letters |
| 38% | NEAPTIDE | 8 | It occurs during the first and third quarters of the moon |
| 38% | HOME | 4 | It follows first, second and third |
| 37% | SLUG | 4 | Fittingly, it shares the same first two letters with "slow" and "slimy" |
| 37% | OREO | 4 | Cookie in the shape of its first and last letters |
| 37% | TRE | 3 | Italian number whose letters are the first, third and fifth letters of its English equivalent |
| 37% | SECOND | 6 | Between first and third |
| 35% | EMU | 3 | Bird that's a primate minus its first and last letters |
| 35% | EMCEE | 5 | Word shortened from a three-word phrase that can be further shortened by dropping its first, fourth and fifth letters |
| 35% | YMCA | 4 | Facility often referred to by its first letter |
| 35% | PEA | 3 | Tiny vegetable that sounds like its first letter |
| 35% | JAY | 3 | Bird whose name sounds like its first letter |
| 34% | UBOAT | 5 | Its first letter stands for "untersee" |
| 34% | IPA | 3 | Its first letter stands for "India" |
| 34% | DDT | 3 | Its first letter stands for "dichloro-" |
| 34% | YMCA | 4 | Community org. known by its first letter |
| 34% | YMCA | 4 | Org. also known by its first letter |
| 33% | NEAP | 4 | Occurrence after the first and third quarters of the moon |
| 33% | HOV | 3 | Its first letter often means "more than one" |
| 33% | XXXX | 4 | Its first letter doesn't stand for "oil" |
| 33% | YMCA | 4 | Org. often referred to by its first letter |