| 100% | COLLEAGUE | 9 | Someone you know from work, coworker |
| 49% | WHERE | 5 | "___ are you from?" question to ask when getting to know someone |
| 45% | STRANGER | 8 | Someone you don't know |
| 45% | COWORKER | 8 | Someone you work with, colleague |
| 44% | RANDO | 5 | Someone you don't know at all |
| 43% | ITSME | 5 | First line on the phone to someone you know well |
| 43% | THATS | 5 | "___ How You Know" (song from "Enchanted") |
| 41% | RISK | 4 | Trusting someone you don't know, e.g. |
| 41% | RANDO | 5 | Disdainful word for someone you don't know |
| 40% | PENPAL | 6 | Someone from whom you might collect exotic stamps |
| 40% | NATIVE | 6 | Someone originally from the place you're visiting |
| 40% | OGLE | 4 | Let someone know you're interested |
| 40% | HAVEWEMET | 9 | "Do I know you from somewhere?" |
| 39% | BLINDDATE | 9 | Dinner and a movie, say, with someone you don't know |
| 39% | TRAINER | 7 | Someone who might work you hard on leg day |
| 39% | RSVPED | 6 | Let someone know if you can go |
| 39% | ISEE | 4 | Words from someone who's following you |
| 39% | HAVEWEMET | 9 | “Don’t I know you from somewhere?” |
| 39% | HAV | 3 | "Don't I know you from somewhere?" |
| 38% | ESP | 3 | Purported ability that could let you know what someone else is thinking: Abbr. |
| 37% | DOORBELL | 8 | Ring it to let someone know you're there |
| 37% | INSIDEJOB | 9 | Crime committed with help from someone in the know |
| 37% | ITINERANT | 9 | Someone who travels from place to place to work |
| 37% | ZIP | 3 | "Can you ___ me up?" (request from someone getting dressed) |
| 37% | LINE | 4 | "Don't I know you from somewhere?," e.g. |
| 37% | ABBA | 4 | "Knowing Me, Knowing You" band from Stockholm |
| 37% | ABBA | 4 | "Knowing Me, Knowing You" group from Sweden |
| 37% | DID | 3 | "I Know What You ___ Last Summer," slasher film from 1997 |
| 37% | BOSS | 4 | Person you report to and follow orders from at work |
| 37% | WHOSNEXT | 8 | Question from someone working at a deli counter: 2 wds. |