| 100% | IDLED | 5 | Sat waiting for the light to change |
| 82% | IDLE | 4 | Wait for the light to change, say |
| 77% | IDLING | 6 | What you're doing when you're waiting for the light to change |
| 64% | IDLE | 4 | Like a car waiting for the light to turn green |
| 51% | DROP | 4 | Waiting for the other shoe to ___ |
| 51% | OTHER | 5 | Waiting for the ___ shoe to drop |
| 51% | SHOE | 4 | Waiting for the other ___ to drop |
| 51% | SHOE | 4 | Wait for the other ___ to drop |
| 49% | SHOE | 4 | "Just waiting for the other ___ to drop" |
| 48% | HALLOWEEN | 9 | When Linus waits for the Great Pumpkin to appear |
| 45% | CABANA | 6 | Place to change for a dip in the pool |
| 45% | AGING | 5 | Sitting around for years waiting to get drunk? |
| 44% | MEALTIME | 8 | The moment to sit down for dinner or tea |
| 44% | ACT | 3 | Alternative to the SAT for college admissions |
| 44% | SHOE | 4 | "Wait for the other ___ to drop" |
| 43% | ERA | 3 | Change to the Constitution first proposed in 1921, for short |
| 43% | IDLE | 4 | Wait for a green light (sit ___) |
| 41% | STOOL | 5 | Where to sit for the bar? |
| 41% | MORNING | 7 | (8/10) On Christmas ___, Scrooge woke up having decided to change himself for the better. |
| 41% | ONHOLD | 6 | Waiting for the operator |
| 41% | EROO | 4 | Suffix with switch to get the word for a sudden change |
| 41% | OKED | 4 | Gave the green light to, for short |
| 41% | OKING | 5 | Giving the green light to, for short |
| 41% | UNSEATED | 8 | Waiting for the maitre d' |
| 41% | TEARS | 5 | "___ Are Not Enough," 1985 charity single by Northern Lights to raise funds for the Ethiopian famine |
| 41% | MOMENT | 6 | *(4/5) They then poise themself, waiting for the right ___ to capture their shot |
| 41% | JOHNMAYER | 9 | He sang the song Waiting on the World to Change |
| 41% | ENDLESS | 7 | Like the wait time for someone to come fix the cable, seemingly |
| 40% | BIDE | 4 | ___ one's time (wait for the right moment to act) |
| 40% | MAYER | 5 | "Waiting on the World to Change" singer John ___ |