| 100% | LEADUP | 6 | Something that happens before something else |
| 77% | PREDATED | 8 | Happened before something else |
| 60% | DEJAVU | 6 | 2017 J. Cole song, or a phrase meaning "feeling that something has happened before": 2 wds. |
| 59% | OFFSET | 6 | Something that balances for something else |
| 59% | ORBITAL | 7 | Something that rotates around something else |
| 59% | SYMBOL | 6 | Something that stands for something else |
| 58% | ERE | 3 | Before something else |
| 57% | RECURRENCE | 10 | Something that happens again |
| 56% | ANNUAL | 6 | Something that happens each year |
| 56% | PRECURSOR | 9 | Something that came before, forerunner |
| 54% | FUTURE | 6 | Something that happens at this later time |
| 54% | PAST | 4 | Everything that happened before now |
| 54% | ERE | 3 | Before something happens |
| 52% | RERUN | 5 | Something that’s been aired before |
| 51% | SAFEBET | 7 | Something that's quite likely to happen |
| 51% | NOGO | 4 | Something that just isn't gonna happen |
| 51% | NOGO | 4 | Something that's not going to happen |
| 50% | ODDS | 4 | Chances that something will happen |
| 50% | RUE | 3 | Regret something that has happened |
| 50% | ENSURES | 7 | Guarantees that something will happen |
| 50% | KLEENEX | 7 | Something that may be used before a blessing |
| 50% | PREEMPT | 7 | To take action before something happens |
| 50% | AND | 3 | "Is there something else to that?" |
| 50% | ANXIETY | 7 | Fear of something that might happen |
| 49% | TREAT | 5 | Something else that might be yelled at you tonight |
| 49% | LAND | 4 | Something that appeared even before animals left the oceans |
| 49% | PRE | 3 | Something that can come before side, late and face |
| 49% | PREDICT | 7 | Foretell that something will happen in future |
| 49% | SHORTERMEMORY | 13 | Recollection of something that just happened, concisely? |
| 48% | NAG | 3 | Something that will beat a dead horse, but nothing else |