| 100% | SANDY | 5 | Something covered in the tiny grains from a beach |
| 47% | SANDY | 5 | Covered in grit from the beach |
| 40% | OMEN | 4 | Something interpreted from a bird's behavior, in the ancient Greek practice of ornithomancy |
| 39% | SLAG | 4 | Something left over from the Bessemer process that could be used in fertilizer or as a cement additive |
| 38% | INKY | 4 | Covered in liquid from a leaky pen |
| 37% | CHAW | 4 | Something placed in the mouth of a pitcher? |
| 37% | BINDING | 7 | Covering in a book that binds the pages |
| 37% | TAN | 3 | Result from a day at the beach |
| 37% | TANNED | 6 | Bronze from a day at the beach |
| 37% | TAN | 3 | Souvenir from a day in the sun |
| 37% | BOO | 3 | Cry from a nonfan in the crowd |
| 37% | SACKED | 6 | Fired from a job in the uk |
| 37% | HERCULEANEFFORT | 15 | Far from a walk in the park |
| 37% | HARD | 4 | Far from a walk in the park |
| 37% | RUNTY | 5 | Like the tiniest pup in a litter |
| 36% | ANN | 3 | "Barbara ___," number-one hit released by The Beach Boys in 1965 which was a cover of a song by the Regents |
| 36% | ROLL | 4 | "Rock and ___ Music," hit released by The Beach Boys in 1976 which was a cover of a song by Chuck Berry |
| 36% | JOB | 3 | Something listed in the "Experience" section of a résumé |
| 36% | TANS | 4 | Lies in the sun on a beach, say |
| 36% | TAN | 3 | Bronze glow from a day in the sun |
| 36% | BRRS | 4 | Sounds from a person out in the cold |
| 36% | REMOTELY | 8 | Working from a distance, not in the office |
| 36% | LEAF | 4 | It falls from a tree in the fall |
| 36% | SCONE | 5 | Baked item from a cheat in the southeast |
| 36% | ENVEIL | 6 | Cover the face, in a way |
| 36% | SCONE | 5 | Baked item from a cheat in the south-east |
| 36% | SEASHELL | 8 | Something brought home intentionally from the beach |
| 36% | SAND | 4 | Something brought home unintentionally from the beach |
| 36% | RADICALLY | 9 | In a drastic departure from the usual |
| 36% | IBID | 4 | From the same source, in a bibliog. |