| 100% | TOUCHPAD | 8 | Sensor used in place of a mouse for a laptop |
| 51% | GPS | 3 | Smartphone feature used in place of a paper map: Abbr. |
| 47% | NETCORD | 7 | Place for a sensor in tennis |
| 47% | LABRADOR | 8 | Type of retriever named for a place in Canada |
| 45% | SWIMUPBAR | 9 | Place for getting drinks in the middle of a pool |
| 43% | CAEN | 4 | ___ stone (type of limestone named for a city in Normandy and used in building Westminster Abbey) |
| 43% | SUBSTITUTE | 10 | Use in place of another |
| 43% | STORE | 5 | Keep in a safe place for later use |
| 43% | BROCK | 5 | British name for a badger used as a form of address in stories |
| 43% | NEEDLEDROP | 10 | Turntable-inspired term for the use of a familiar song in a film |
| 43% | BAPTISMAL | 9 | Kind of font in a church used for babies |
| 42% | LARD | 4 | Fat from the abdomen of a pig rendered and clarified for use in cooking |
| 42% | TAROTCARD | 9 | One of 78 in a deck used for fortune-telling |
| 42% | TAROTCARD | 9 | Comes in a pack of 78, used for fortune telling |
| 42% | PSST | 4 | Call in place of a nudge |
| 41% | DEAD | 4 | In need of a recharge, as a laptop battery |
| 41% | LIEU | 4 | It's used in place of ''place'' |
| 41% | CHIVES | 6 | Sometimes used in place of green onions |
| 41% | TAXI | 4 | Cry in place of a whistle, maybe |
| 41% | IDOL | 4 | Object worshipped in place of a god |
| 41% | CAFE | 4 | Place in a bookstore to get a cup of coffee or use Wi-Fi |
| 41% | CAROB | 5 | It can be used in place of chocolate |
| 41% | AET | 3 | One of the abbreviations used for a paraprofessional educator, a foreign national working in a Japanese classroom |
| 41% | VENUE | 5 | Place of a crime, in law |
| 40% | USB | 3 | Add a mouse to a laptop using this connector |
| 40% | INP | 3 | Formula for a compound of elements number 15 and 49 that is used in making high speed transistors |
| 40% | GAUZE | 5 | Absorbent cloth used in medical care for bandages that could be a part of your "Doctor" Halloween costume |
| 40% | HAVEN | 5 | Place of safety, for a refugee, maybe |
| 40% | BODYWASH | 8 | Shower gel used in place of bar soap: 2 wds. |
| 40% | SKYTEL | 6 | Minor planet named in honor of a magazine for stargazers |