| 100% | SEAR | 4 | Seal the juices in, as a steak |
| 83% | SEAR | 4 | Seal in the juices of, as a grilled steak |
| 69% | SEAR | 4 | Seal in the juices of, as steak on the grill |
| 66% | SEAR | 4 | Quickly scorch to seal in juices, as a steak |
| 60% | RARE | 4 | Red in the middle, as a steak |
| 58% | SEAR | 4 | Seal in a steak's juices, via heat |
| 49% | FIT | 3 | "___ as a Fiddle" ("Singin' in the Rain" song) |
| 49% | BASTE | 5 | Moisten, as a turkey in the oven |
| 49% | DUG | 3 | Made, as a hole in the ground |
| 49% | SPIRALED | 8 | Spun, as a football in the air |
| 49% | PERSIAN | 7 | Cat known as a Shirazi in the Mideast |
| 48% | ORION | 5 | Odysseus saw him as a shade in the underworld |
| 48% | TESTSFOR | 8 | Tries to detect, as a substance in the body |
| 48% | BEARABLE | 8 | Fit for occupying, as a den in the woods? |
| 48% | SEAR | 4 | Brown the surface of, as a steak |
| 48% | SEAR | 4 | Brown the outside of, as a steak |
| 48% | TSHAPED | 7 | Like the bone in a loin steak |
| 48% | TSHAPED | 7 | Like the bone in a porterhouse steak |
| 48% | SEAR | 4 | Seal in the juices of |
| 48% | LOCH | 4 | A lake in Scotland, as the Ness |
| 48% | CHARS | 5 | Seals in the juices of |
| 47% | RARE | 4 | Like a steak that's still red in the middle |
| 47% | RARE | 4 | Like a steak that's still pink in the middle |
| 47% | RARE | 4 | Like a steak that’s deep red in the middle |
| 47% | NGALIEMA | 8 | Bay used as a port for Kinshasa in the DRC |
| 47% | DEJAVU | 6 | Feeling that some describe as a glitch in the Matrix |
| 47% | PARRY | 5 | Deflect, as a boxer's punch in the other direction |
| 47% | NAY | 3 | The opposite of "Yea," as in a vote |
| 47% | ONICE | 5 | In the bag, as a win |
| 47% | ONAGAINOFFAGAIN | 15 | Intermittent, as a romance, or what's in the starred answers |