| 100% | ACHOO | 5 | Sound that may be followed by "Gesundheit!" |
| 89% | ACHOO | 5 | Sound that might be followed by "bless you" |
| 73% | LGBT | 4 | Letters that may be followed by QIA2S+ |
| 72% | PLS | 3 | Texting shorthand that may be followed by "thx" |
| 72% | ATOAST | 6 | Words that might be followed by "Hear! Hear!" |
| 72% | ILIED | 5 | Declaration that may be followed by "So sue me" |
| 71% | YESITIS | 7 | Retort that might be followed by an Internet search |
| 71% | ONIONBAGEL | 10 | Baked item that may be followed by a breath mint |
| 71% | PLEASEHOLD | 10 | Words that might be followed by an incessant music loop |
| 71% | SPAT | 4 | Fight that might be followed by kissing and making up |
| 71% | OTHER | 5 | Multiple-choice option that might be followed by a blank |
| 71% | ACHOO | 5 | Sound that might be triggered by an allergy |
| 71% | SIGH | 4 | Sound that might be accompanied by an eyeroll |
| 70% | WOOHOO | 6 | Exclamation that might be followed by "D'oh!" on "The Simpsons" |
| 68% | HIP | 3 | Word that may be followed by "replacement" instead of "hooray" for many older people |
| 64% | SEND | 4 | Command that may be accompanied by a "whoosh" sound |
| 60% | SIGH | 4 | Sound that may be heaved |
| 59% | SNIPS | 5 | Sounds that may be heard before bangs? |
| 59% | YEAS | 4 | Sounds that may be heard in passing? |
| 59% | ECHO | 4 | Sound that might be off the wall? |
| 58% | TRA | 3 | Sound that might be sung before "la la" |
| 58% | SOBS | 4 | Sounds that might be heard at a tearjerker |
| 58% | CLOSEQUOTE | 10 | It may be followed by [sic] |
| 58% | ARE | 3 | You may be followed by it |
| 58% | BRIDES | 6 | They may be followed by trains |
| 58% | PSST | 4 | Sound that might be made before a whispered comment |
| 58% | BRR | 3 | Sound that might be made while rubbing the arms |
| 58% | COO | 3 | Sound that might be heard in a 16-Across |
| 57% | LET | 3 | What may be followed by improved service? |
| 57% | AXEL | 4 | It might be followed by a loop |