| 100% | COVERME | 7 | Soldier's request before entering a firefight |
| 46% | SAYAH | 5 | Doctor's request before a throat examination |
| 46% | SMILE | 5 | Photographer's request before a pic, perhaps |
| 43% | DOOR | 4 | Barrier before entering a room |
| 43% | COVERME | 7 | Shout before entering a gunfight |
| 43% | MAYICOMEIN | 10 | Question before entering a room |
| 43% | IFYOUDARE | 9 | Challenge before entering a haunted house |
| 42% | SMILE | 5 | Request before a click |
| 42% | SMILE | 5 | Request before a shot |
| 42% | ANTEUP | 6 | Request before a deal |
| 42% | DOORMAT | 7 | For wiping feet before entering a house |
| 41% | DOORMAT | 7 | Rug for wiping feet before entering a home |
| 41% | DETOURAHEAD | 11 | Road sign seen before entering a construction zone, perhaps |
| 40% | DOORMAT | 7 | What you wipe your feet on before entering a home |
| 39% | TRYNOTTOLAUGH | 13 | Request before showing someone a really bad haircut, perhaps |
| 39% | LENIENCE | 8 | It may be requested before a sentence |
| 37% | BEANANGEL | 9 | *Flattering words before a request |
| 37% | BYO | 3 | Letters before a party request |
| 37% | USERNAME | 8 | Datum entered before a password |
| 37% | INTRO | 5 | Words before a guest enters |
| 37% | THATSMYCUE | 10 | Words before entering ... and a hint to five puzzle answers |
| 36% | BEANANGEL | 9 | Softening-up words before a request |
| 36% | PRENUP | 6 | Legal contract entered into before a marriage |
| 36% | ANTEROOMS | 9 | Small chambers entered before a larger one |
| 35% | HAIR | 4 | Word before 58a meaning a common salon request |
| 35% | PARDONME | 8 | Words said before a request for Grey Poupon |
| 34% | PREYPLEASE | 10 | Polite request from a predator before going on a hunt? |
| 34% | USERNAME | 8 | What you might enter into a computer before a password |
| 32% | USERID | 6 | What you often enter before a password, on a computer: 2 wds. |
| 32% | BRAVE | 5 | Willing to enter a lion's den, maybe |