| 100% | OILTANKERS | 10 | Shell ships by the seashore |
| 58% | SHE | 3 | Seashell seller by the seashore |
| 57% | COASTAL | 7 | By the seashore |
| 57% | COASTAL | 7 | By the seashore, say |
| 56% | SHE | 3 | "___ sells seashells by the seashore" |
| 56% | SELLS | 5 | "She ___ Seashells by the Seashore" |
| 56% | SHE | 3 | ___ sells seashells by the seashore |
| 56% | SHE | 3 | "___ sells seashells by the seashore . . ." |
| 56% | SHE | 3 | “___ sells seashells by the seashore” |
| 53% | SHE | 3 | Who sells seashells by the seashore |
| 53% | SHELLS | 6 | What she sells by the seashore |
| 53% | SEASHELLS | 9 | Sally sells them by the seashore |
| 53% | SEASHELLS | 9 | She sells these by the seashore... |
| 52% | SHE | 3 | "___ sells seashells by the seashore" (tongue twister) |
| 51% | SEASHELLS | 9 | Tongue-twister: Sally sells these by the seashore |
| 50% | SELLS | 5 | Say this thrice without fumbling! "She ___ seashells by the seashore" |
| 46% | SAILS | 5 | ___ the seven seas (travels by ship) |
| 45% | ARK | 3 | Ship constructed by Noah before the great flood |
| 45% | ARGO | 4 | Ship protected by the goddess Hera |
| 45% | CANAL | 5 | Suez ___ (waterway obstructed by the ship Ever Given in early 2021) |
| 44% | BEAGLE | 6 | Ship taken by Charles Darwin to explore the world |
| 43% | PRIVATEER | 9 | Ship hired by the government in a war |
| 43% | LAYTO | 5 | Make a ship stop by facing the wind |
| 43% | NINA | 4 | The —, one of three ships commanded by Christopher Columbus in 1492 |
| 43% | ODE | 3 | "To the Ship of State," by Horace, e.g. |
| 42% | LAIDTO | 6 | Stopped the ship by facing the wind |
| 42% | LOG | 3 | Official record of events, as may be recorded by the Captain of a ship |
| 42% | PEQUOD | 6 | Ship in the Herman Melville novel Moby-Dick commanded by Captain Ahab |
| 39% | PINTA | 5 | The —, one of three ships commanded by Christopher Columbus on his first voyage to America |