| 100% | SALVOS | 6 | Rounds of fire, as from battleships |
| 46% | CAN | 3 | Fire, as from a job |
| 46% | SACK | 4 | Fire, as from a job |
| 44% | RESCUE | 6 | Save, as from a flood or fire |
| 43% | FLED | 4 | Skedaddled, as from the scene of a crime |
| 43% | NIP | 3 | Stealthy drink, as from a flask of whiskey |
| 43% | LOBE | 4 | Round projection as of a leaf |
| 41% | DOME | 4 | Rounded roof as of the Jefferson Memorial's |
| 39% | LIT | 3 | Deserving of a fire emoji, as a party |
| 39% | EMPEROR | 7 | Head of an Empire, as Akihito from Japan |
| 39% | SPATTER | 7 | Leap from the pan, as droplets of grease |
| 39% | SALVOS | 6 | Series of shots, as from warships |
| 39% | FOXHOLE | 7 | Hollow dug by soldiers as shelter from enemy fire |
| 39% | SANDS | 5 | Removes the roughness from, as a piece of wood |
| 39% | BOYCOTT | 7 | To abstain from something as a form of protest |
| 39% | PICKCLEAN | 9 | Eat every bit of meat from, as a bone |
| 39% | LIVE | 4 | Shown as it happens, instead of from a recording |
| 38% | ODDS | 4 | Chances of winning, as from a bookie |
| 38% | GRACIOUS | 8 | "Goodness ___ great balls of fire" (lyric from a 1957 hit song) |
| 38% | ERNIE | 5 | First name of the character known as "Coach" from "Cheers" |
| 38% | SANDS | 5 | Smooths the rough edges from, as a piece of wood |
| 38% | PEAL | 4 | Ringing of bells, as from a church tower |
| 38% | ERASE | 5 | Get rid of, as chalk from a chalkboard |
| 38% | EMANATES | 8 | Comes out of, as a scent from blossoms |
| 37% | HEAT | 4 | "___ of the Night" (lead single from Bryan Adams' album "Into the Fire") |
| 37% | TRAIN | 5 | "___ of Thought," 1974 single by Cher from the same album as 40a |
| 37% | BRATZILLAZ | 10 | Line of dolls marketed as being from the "House of Witchez" |
| 37% | FDA | 3 | Grp. known as the Bureau of Chemistry from 1901 to 1927 |
| 37% | UNPIN | 5 | Remove, as a tweet from the top of one's profile |
| 37% | UNPIN | 5 | Remove from the top of one's profile, as a tweet |