| 100% | REELEDIN | 8 | Secured, as a fish on a line |
| 66% | HOOKING | 7 | Catching a fish on a line |
| 62% | CAUGHT | 6 | Like a fish on the line |
| 62% | TUG | 3 | Sign of a fish on the line |
| 62% | PLOTS | 5 | Draws, as a line on a graph |
| 61% | BELAY | 5 | Secure, as a ship's line |
| 61% | UNREEL | 6 | Let out, as a fishing line |
| 60% | LOX | 3 | Fish used as a topping on bagels |
| 60% | UNREELS | 7 | Lengthens, as a fishing line |
| 60% | CASTS | 5 | Throws, as a fishing line |
| 58% | HOOK | 4 | Worm's place on a fishing line |
| 57% | SEAM | 4 | Line of stitching, as on a baseball |
| 57% | BAIT | 4 | Lure on a fishing line |
| 56% | TUG | 3 | Promising action on a fishing line |
| 56% | LURE | 4 | Colorful attraction on a fishing line |
| 56% | HOOK | 4 | Barbed item on a fishing line |
| 56% | BAIT | 4 | Worm on a fishing line, say |
| 55% | CHAR | 4 | Put grill lines on, as a steak |
| 54% | NIBBLE | 6 | It may be felt on a fishing line |
| 53% | TAPPED | 6 | Secretly stuck a listening device on, as a phone line |
| 53% | UNREEL | 6 | The opposite of wind up, as with a fishing line |
| 53% | ARC | 3 | Story line, as on a show like "Game of Thrones" |
| 52% | ERASE | 5 | Delete, as files in a PC or lines on a whiteboard |
| 51% | BAIT | 4 | Something that attracts a fish, such as a worm on a hook |
| 49% | TROLLS | 6 | Fishes with a line |
| 49% | LOX | 3 | Fish on a bagel |
| 49% | LEMONSOLE | 9 | Fish on a dish |
| 48% | LAND | 4 | Secure, as a job or a role |
| 48% | XDIN | 4 | Marked, as a box on a test |
| 48% | PLOT | 4 | Place, as a point on a graph |