| 100% | SANDBAR | 7 | Ridge of beach formed in water by tides/currents |
| 44% | RIME | 4 | Frost formed by the freezing of water droplets in fog onto solid objects |
| 43% | RIME | 4 | Frost formed by the freezing of supercooled water droplets in fog onto solid objects |
| 42% | THUN | 4 | Lake —, body of water in central Switzerland formed by a widening of the Aare River |
| 41% | DUNE | 4 | Ridge of sand formed by the wind |
| 41% | SANDBAR | 7 | Ridge of coarse sediment formed by waves |
| 39% | DEEPPURPLE | 10 | English rock band formed in 1968 and led by Ian Gillan, who gave us hits like "Soldier of Fortune" and "Smoke on the Water": 2 wds. |
| 38% | SANDBAR | 7 | Strip of beach in the middle of the water |
| 37% | ARCTICOCEAN | 11 | Body of water sailed in by 55-Across |
| 37% | SANDBANK | 8 | Deposit of grains formed by tides |
| 36% | REDSEA | 6 | Body of water parted by Moses in the Bible |
| 35% | AQUEDUCT | 8 | Channel built for water, in the form of a bridge |
| 35% | LAKE | 4 | ___ Michigan (body of water with beaches in Chicago and Milwaukee) |
| 35% | DUNE | 4 | Wind formed ridge of sand in a desert |
| 34% | REDSEA | 6 | Body of water parted by Moses in "The Ten Commandments" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | WINNEBAGO | 9 | Lake —, body of water in Wisconsin, US drained by the Fox River |
| 34% | SOUSVIDE | 8 | French-developed form of cooking in a precisely temperature-controlled water bath |
| 34% | ICICLE | 6 | Long piece of ice formed by dripping water |
| 34% | RUST | 4 | Substance formed when iron compounds corrode in the presence of water and oxygen |
| 34% | UNISON | 6 | Trade union formed in 1993 by the amalgamation of COHSE, NALGO, and NUPE |
| 34% | GIRONDE | 7 | Estuary in France formed by the confluence of the Rivers Dordogne and Garonne |
| 34% | LIBRARYFEES | 11 | Borrowing fines declared "a form of social inequity" by the ALA in 2019 |
| 33% | YAZOO | 5 | River in Mississippi, US, formed by the confluence of the Tallahatchie and Yalobusha Rivers |
| 33% | SHATTALARAB | 11 | River in SE Iraq formed by the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| 33% | VOLTA | 5 | Name of the Ghanaian lake formed by the largest artificial reservoir in the world |
| 33% | NESS | 4 | Loch —, body of water in northwest Scotland said to be inhabited by a monster |
| 33% | RAIN | 4 | It's summoned by Agwe, the god of water in "Once on This Island" |
| 33% | TWOSISTERS | 10 | 1970 work by Gore Vidal subtitled A Novel in the Form of a Memoir |
| 33% | DRIFTS | 6 | Gets carried away by a current of water |
| 33% | DEW | 3 | Drops of water that form in the night |