| 100% | RECURRENCE | 10 | Something that happens again |
| 68% | ANNUAL | 6 | Something that happens each year |
| 68% | LEADUP | 6 | Something that happens before something else |
| 66% | FUTURE | 6 | Something that happens at this later time |
| 61% | SAFEBET | 7 | Something that's quite likely to happen |
| 61% | NOGO | 4 | Something that just isn't gonna happen |
| 61% | NOGO | 4 | Something that's not going to happen |
| 61% | RUE | 3 | Regret something that has happened |
| 60% | ANXIETY | 7 | Fear of something that might happen |
| 59% | SHORTERMEMORY | 13 | Recollection of something that just happened, concisely? |
| 58% | PREVENTABLE | 11 | Like something that really shouldn't have happened |
| 57% | LIVE | 4 | Like something that airs on TV as it happens |
| 57% | WISH | 4 | Crave something that cannot or probably will not happen |
| 56% | REAL | 4 | Word with "time" for something that's happening right now |
| 55% | OMEN | 4 | Sign that something bad will happen |
| 55% | WOEBETIDE | 9 | Warning that something bad will happen |
| 55% | OMEN | 4 | Sign that something bad might happen |
| 54% | DOCUMENT | 8 | Write down to prove that something happened |
| 53% | RETRO | 5 | Like something older that's in vogue again |
| 53% | OMINOUS | 7 | Causing a feeling that something bad will happen |
| 52% | RETRO | 5 | Like something from decades past that's stylish again |
| 52% | ODDS | 4 | Chances that something will happen |
| 52% | ENSURES | 7 | Guarantees that something will happen |
| 51% | TURNA | 5 | ___ blind eye (pretend that something didn't happen): 2 wds. |
| 51% | RECUR | 5 | Happen again and again |
| 50% | PREDICT | 7 | Foretell that something will happen in future |
| 49% | PREDICT | 7 | Guess that something will happen in the future |
| 48% | ITSAFLUKE | 9 | ''That'll never happen again'' |
| 48% | FLUKY | 5 | Unlikely to happen again |
| 48% | DAILY | 5 | *Something that happens every day, and a typical word in newspaper titles |