| 100% | STEAL | 5 | Sign from a third base coach, say |
| 59% | GOGO | 4 | Urgent cry from a third-base coach, perhaps |
| 50% | SQUEEZEPLAY | 11 | Call from the third base coach |
| 49% | STEAL | 5 | Signal from the third base coach, maybe |
| 44% | TAKE | 4 | Third-base coach's sign, sometimes |
| 41% | SLIDE | 5 | Third base coach's urging, maybe |
| 41% | SIGN | 4 | Third base coach's hand movement |
| 40% | HOLDUPTHERUNNER | 15 | Thievery by the third base coach? |
| 40% | AFAR | 4 | From a distance, say |
| 39% | OLD | 3 | From a different era, so to say |
| 39% | BRONZES | 7 | Sculptures made from a third-placer's medal |
| 39% | HISS | 4 | Warning sign from a cat or a snake |
| 38% | ROB | 3 | To steal from a bank, say |
| 38% | SOS | 3 | Distress signal from a ship, say |
| 38% | NIP | 3 | Little taste from a flask, say |
| 38% | ERASE | 5 | Wipe out from a whiteboard, say |
| 38% | ASH | 3 | Powdery residue from a cigarette, say |
| 38% | UNLOAD | 6 | Remove cargo from a truck, say |
| 38% | LOAN | 4 | Sum borrowed from a bank, say |
| 38% | ADOPTS | 6 | Takes home from a shelter, say |
| 38% | ERASE | 5 | Remove chalk from a board, say |
| 38% | PRESS | 5 | Remove wrinkles from a shirt, say |
| 38% | AWOKE | 5 | Got up from a nap, say |
| 38% | LAVA | 4 | Molten rock from a volcano, say |
| 38% | TEXT | 4 | Message sent from a phone, say |
| 38% | ODORS | 5 | Smells coming from a dumpster, say |
| 38% | UNIT | 4 | Single entity from a group, say |
| 38% | ECHO | 4 | Sound returned from a mountain, say |
| 38% | SWIG | 4 | Big gulp from a flask, say |
| 38% | PROPAGATE | 9 | Grow cuttings from a succulent, say |