| 100% | CRIES | 5 | Sheds tears as a reaction to a movie break-up? |
| 43% | MOOR | 4 | Tie up, as a boat to a pier |
| 41% | DISPERSE | 8 | Break up, as a crowd |
| 41% | OHNO | 4 | Reaction to breaking a glass table |
| 41% | TRASHES | 7 | Tears up, as a hotel room |
| 41% | UNYOKE | 6 | Break up, as a bovine team |
| 41% | GAD | 3 | A tool to break up ore |
| 41% | TIL | 3 | Up to, as a particular time |
| 40% | STARRED | 7 | To have appeared as the lead in a movie or play |
| 40% | INTHECAN | 8 | Wrapped up, as a movie |
| 40% | SEE | 3 | Go to, as a movie |
| 40% | SEES | 4 | Goes to, as a movie |
| 40% | GASP | 4 | Audible reaction to a jump-scare in a horror movie |
| 40% | TEASE | 5 | Lead-in to a commercial break like "Coming up next ..." |
| 40% | GUT | 3 | Tear down to the studs, as a house |
| 40% | CRESTING | 8 | Ready to break, as a wave |
| 40% | ADMIT | 5 | Own up to, as a mistake |
| 40% | ONREPORT | 8 | Written up, as to a superior |
| 40% | MEET | 4 | Face up to, as a challenge |
| 40% | ABIDEBY | 7 | Live up to, as a treaty |
| 40% | MOORS | 5 | Ties up, as to a pier |
| 40% | TOTALED | 7 | Added up to, as a bill |
| 39% | SCREAM | 6 | 1996 horror movie, or a possible reaction to a horror movie |
| 39% | RESEW | 5 | Stitch back up, as a torn seam |
| 39% | BAITS | 5 | Taunts so as to get a reaction |
| 39% | STEPIN | 6 | Start to break up a fight, say |
| 39% | STEPIN | 6 | Attempt to break up a fight, say |
| 39% | UNLEARN | 7 | Try to break, as a bad habit |
| 39% | EDIT | 4 | Make revisions to, as a movie script |
| 39% | ENDS | 4 | Comes to the credits, as a movie |