| 100% | ELL | 3 | Shape formed by an extended thumb and index fingers |
| 63% | LOSER | 5 | Taunt indicated by an extended index finger and thumb by the forehead |
| 55% | ELS | 3 | Shapes made by thumbs and index fingers |
| 48% | CALLME | 6 | What an extended thumb and pinkie by your face might mean |
| 48% | HEART | 5 | Curvy shape often approximated by either two hands or an index finger and thumb |
| 43% | ILOVEYOU | 8 | Thought expressed in American Sign Language by extending the pinkie, thumb and index finger |
| 39% | CUETIPS | 7 | "Cradle it between your thumb and index finger," and the like? |
| 36% | PURLICUE | 8 | The space between the thumb and the index finger |
| 36% | ELLIPSE | 7 | Shape formed by a plane intersecting a cone at an angle to the cone's axis |
| 33% | PLASTIC | 7 | __ art, 3-D forms created by modeling and shaping |
| 33% | ASL | 3 | Syst. in which making an "L" with the thumb and index finger and raising the pinkie means "I love you" |
| 32% | OVALS | 5 | Shapes formed by angled spotlights |
| 31% | LIKE | 4 | What an extended thumb might indicate |
| 31% | INEEDARIDE | 10 | What an extended thumb might indicate |
| 30% | PEARL | 5 | Gemstone that's formed by an oyster |
| 30% | TIDAL | 5 | Formed by inflow and outflow |
| 30% | FORGE | 5 | Form by heating and hammering |
| 30% | LOSER | 5 | Insult signified by the thumb and pointer finger on one's forehead |
| 29% | OZONE | 5 | Colourless gas formed by an electric discharge in water |
| 29% | PINCHES | 7 | Squeezes between thumb and finger |
| 29% | PINCHED | 7 | Squeezed between thumb and finger |
| 28% | ESTER | 5 | Chemical formed by alcohol and acid |
| 28% | SANTEE | 6 | River formed by the Congaree and Wateree |
| 28% | UPART | 5 | Wig style named for the letter shape formed by its dividing line |
| 28% | PENTOMINOES | 11 | Complete set of 12 shapes formed by this puzzle's black squares |
| 27% | COLDPLAY | 8 | Band formed by Chris Martin and university friends |
| 27% | IRAN | 4 | Country ruled by an ayatollah and a president |
| 27% | ASL | 3 | Syst. in which "Deaf Power" can be indicated by an open palm over one ear and the other hand forming a closed fist in the air |
| 27% | CALLME | 6 | Gesture made with one’s thumb and pinkie extended |
| 27% | ACDC | 4 | Hard rock band formed by Malcolm and Angus Young |