| 100% | SIBERIA | 7 | Region that becomes a peninsula when its first letter is removed |
| 64% | HEAR | 4 | Verb that becomes a related body part when its first letter is removed |
| 62% | OLEG | 4 | Man's name that becomes a toy when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 60% | HEAR | 4 | Verb that, when its first letter is removed, becomes the body part that does it |
| 59% | TINA | 4 | Girl's name that becomes a contraction when its first and last letters are switched |
| 58% | POET | 4 | Profession that, when its last letter is removed, becomes the surname of a noted practitioner |
| 56% | IRENE | 5 | Name that becomes another name when its first letter is dropped |
| 56% | CUBA | 4 | Country that becomes a baby animal when its last letter is removed |
| 55% | WHO | 3 | Question that becomes another question when its first letter is moved to its end |
| 55% | ECLAIR | 6 | Pastry that becomes a name when the first letter is moved to the end |
| 54% | ETHANE | 6 | Compound that becomes a man's name when its last letter is removed |
| 53% | NORAH | 5 | Woman's name that becomes a direction when its fourth letter is changed |
| 53% | CHINA | 5 | Country that becomes a part of the face when its last letter is removed |
| 53% | MADAM | 5 | Term of address that becomes less formal when its middle letter is removed |
| 52% | OPAL | 4 | Gemstone that becomes a buddy if you remove its first letter |
| 51% | NORMA | 5 | Woman's name that becomes a man's name when its first letter is added to the end |
| 50% | ELSIE | 5 | Woman's name that becomes a different woman's name when its third and fourth letters are switched |
| 49% | HIRE | 4 | Verb that becomes its opposite when its first letter is changed to an "f" |
| 49% | TIS | 3 | Old contraction that becomes its modern counterpart when the first two letters are switched |
| 49% | CITED | 5 | Word that becomes its own synonym when RED is inserted between its first two letters |
| 49% | TBSP | 4 | Meas. that becomes a third of its size if its second letter is removed |
| 48% | SHE | 3 | Word that becomes its own opposite if its first letter is removed |
| 48% | AYE | 3 | Word that becomes its own synonym when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 47% | UNS | 3 | German pronoun that becomes its English equivalent when its middle letter is removed |
| 47% | MIC | 3 | Item that names a person holding it when its middle letter is removed |
| 47% | WHO | 3 | It becomes another question when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 47% | YOU | 3 | Word pronounced the same when its first two letters are removed |
| 47% | LEBARON | 7 | Chrysler model whose name becomes that of a country when its fifth letter is changed to an n |
| 45% | PERU | 4 | Country whose name becomes that of a currency when its second letter is doubled and its last two letters are moved to the front |
| 45% | AMONRA | 6 | Deity that becomes a given name when its fifth letter is moved to the front |