| 100% | CONVICT | 7 | Someone guilty of a crime and in prison |
| 59% | CONVICT | 7 | Find someone guilty of a crime |
| 49% | ACQUIT | 6 | To find someone not guilty of a crime |
| 47% | CULPRIT | 7 | Person guilty of a crime |
| 47% | FELON | 5 | One guilty of a crime, say |
| 46% | CULPRIT | 7 | Accused person found guilty of a crime |
| 45% | SUSPECT | 7 | Person thought to be guilty of a crime |
| 45% | AGATHA | 6 | First name of a crime and mystery author |
| 45% | ACQUITTAL | 9 | Not guilty of a crime one was charged with |
| 43% | DEFENDANT | 9 | One accused of a crime in court |
| 43% | VENUE | 5 | Place of a crime, in law |
| 43% | WITNESS | 7 | Onlooker of a crime who testifies in court |
| 42% | UNSUB | 5 | Unknown perpetrator of a crime, in police slang |
| 40% | OSSA | 4 | Name of a mountain in Greece and Canada |
| 40% | REDHANDED | 9 | In the middle of a crime |
| 40% | SEINFELD | 8 | Sitcom whose four main characters are convicted of a crime in the final episode |
| 39% | SAVEME | 6 | Meaning of a look from someone in a boring conversation |
| 39% | ACHY | 4 | Sore and in need of a massage, like some muscles |
| 39% | NANU | 4 | Part of a sitcom sign-off in "Mork and Mindy" |
| 39% | TNT | 3 | Contents of a red, black, and white block in Minecraft |
| 39% | ACHY | 4 | In need of aspirin and a massage, say |
| 39% | SMUGGLER | 8 | Someone who illegally takes goods in and out of a country |
| 39% | ESCAPER | 7 | Someone who breaks out of prison and gets away |
| 39% | YORUBA | 6 | Member of a people living chiefly in southwest Nigeria and Benin |
| 39% | YORUBA | 6 | Member of a people living chiefly in SW Nigeria and Benin |
| 39% | CENTRALBANK | 11 | Subject of a rap battle between Hamilton and Jefferson in "Hamilton" |
| 39% | ELECTRA | 7 | A daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra in Greek mythology |
| 39% | STOOGE | 6 | Someone exploited as part of a crime |
| 39% | FETED | 5 | Threw a party in honor of someone |
| 39% | OUTFOXING | 9 | Beating someone in a battle of wits |