| 100% | SERE | 4 | Sequence of stages, in ecology |
| 55% | CHARACTERSTRING | 15 | Sequence of symbols, in computers |
| 55% | GENETICCODE | 11 | Sequence of nucleotides, in DNA |
| 54% | NTUPLE | 6 | Sequence of unspecified size, in math |
| 54% | OVERS | 5 | Sequences of six balls in cricket |
| 54% | FETAL | 5 | Kind of stage, in human development |
| 53% | PLOTLINE | 8 | Sequence of main events in a narrative |
| 53% | COMBO | 5 | Sequence of moves in a video game |
| 53% | COMBO | 5 | Sequence of moves in gaming, for short |
| 52% | SALTWATER | 9 | In ecology, it's the opposite of freshwater |
| 52% | PLOT | 4 | Sequence of events in a novel or film |
| 52% | PUPA | 4 | Stage in the life cycle of a moth |
| 51% | OUTTAKEORDER | 12 | Sequence of deleted scenes in a DVD bonus feature? |
| 50% | FLUSH | 5 | Royal sequence of cards in poker |
| 49% | SEPTPIECES | 10 | A number of stage items in a French play? |
| 49% | EMBRYONIC | 9 | In the earliest stage of development; rudimentary |
| 48% | DIVINE | 6 | Stage name of Harris Milstead, star in Hairspray |
| 48% | MEDLEY | 6 | Group of songs sung in sequence |
| 48% | OBOE | 4 | Wind in front of a stage |
| 47% | PUPA | 4 | Stage of a bug's life, in a cocoon |
| 47% | ENDGAME | 7 | Final stage of something, especially in chess |
| 46% | BRENTON | 7 | Howard —, author of stage plays Christie in Love and The Churchill Play |
| 46% | OSBORNE | 7 | John —, author of stage plays Look Back in Anger and The Entertainer |
| 46% | BENJONSON | 9 | Author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 |
| 46% | SPELLING | 8 | The agreed sequence of letters in a word |
| 46% | TRAPDOOR | 8 | Hinged opening in the floor of a stage |
| 46% | CURSED | 6 | Child in title of Harry Potter stage play |
| 46% | ERA | 3 | Distinctive stage of life, in slang |
| 46% | JONSON | 6 | Ben —, author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 |