| 100% | PRECURSOR | 9 | Something that came before, forerunner |
| 66% | PRE | 3 | Something that can come before side, late and face |
| 58% | HAILSTONE | 9 | Something that comes down hard? |
| 57% | IDEA | 4 | Something that comes to a head |
| 57% | POW | 3 | Something that comes with a sock |
| 57% | DOLLARSIGN | 10 | Something that comes with a price? |
| 56% | SKA | 3 | Genre that came before rocksteady |
| 56% | DTS | 3 | Letters that come before AA? |
| 56% | SEMIS | 5 | Rounds that come before finals |
| 56% | TAU | 3 | Letter that comes before upsilon |
| 56% | ONE | 3 | Number that comes before two |
| 56% | ESS | 3 | Letter that comes before "tee" |
| 55% | SONORA | 6 | Something that comes between Baja California and Chihuahua |
| 55% | VHS | 3 | Movie format that came before DVD |
| 55% | MENU | 4 | Carte that comes before the course |
| 55% | TRA | 3 | Sound that comes before "la la" |
| 55% | III | 3 | Roman numeral that comes before IV |
| 55% | TRA | 3 | Syllable that comes before "la la" |
| 55% | TRA | 3 | Syllable that comes before "la-la" |
| 55% | LARVA | 5 | Developmental stage that comes before pupa |
| 55% | TAU | 3 | T that comes before a Y |
| 55% | BCE | 3 | Letters that come before "A.D." |
| 55% | ANTEDATED | 9 | Came before something historically |
| 54% | SHIRT | 5 | Something that comes in S, M, L, XL, etc. |
| 54% | SKA | 3 | Jamaican music genre that came before reggae |
| 54% | IMS | 3 | Online chitchats that came before texts: Abbr. |
| 54% | WATCHMEN | 8 | Comic book that came before Doomsday Clock |
| 54% | ANCESTOR | 8 | A family member that came before you |
| 54% | OMNI | 4 | Prefix that comes before "present" or "bus" |
| 54% | ANTI | 4 | Word that comes before "venom" or "biotic" |