| 100% | CORDS | 5 | Stacks for the winter |
| 72% | MITTEN | 6 | Warmer for the winter |
| 72% | HIBERNATING | 11 | Sleeping for the winter |
| 69% | DEN | 3 | Home for the winter? |
| 66% | GOSOUTH | 7 | Leave for the winter, say |
| 66% | MIGRATORY | 9 | Headed south for the winter |
| 66% | GOSOUTH | 7 | Migrate for the winter, perhaps |
| 65% | ADAPTS | 6 | Grows fur for the winter, say |
| 65% | GEESE | 5 | Ones flying south for the winter |
| 65% | MIGRATE | 7 | Go south for the winter, say |
| 65% | SKI | 3 | Snow glider for the winter games |
| 65% | THERMALS | 8 | Super-warm undergarments for the winter |
| 65% | BOHEMIA | 7 | Setting for The Winter's Tale |
| 65% | MIGRATED | 8 | Flew south for the winter, say |
| 65% | SNOWBIRD | 8 | Person going south for the winter |
| 65% | DEN | 3 | Bear's home for the winter |
| 64% | STORABLE | 8 | Like many root vegetables for the winter |
| 64% | MIGRATES | 8 | Flies south for the winter, e.g. |
| 64% | HIBERNATE | 9 | To go to sleep for the winter |
| 64% | FALL | 4 | Season that prepares us for the winter |
| 64% | MIGRATE | 7 | Move south for the winter, as birds |
| 63% | MIGRATE | 7 | Fly south for the winter, like some birds |
| 61% | SOUTH | 5 | Direction that many Northern Hemisphere birds fly for the winter |
| 60% | HOST | 4 | Pyeongchang, for the 2018 Winter Olympics |
| 60% | GOSOUTH | 7 | Head to a warmer climate for the winter, say (2 wds.) |
| 59% | XXXXX | 5 | Host nation for the 2026 Winter Olympics |
| 59% | TEAM | 4 | North Korea and South Korea will form one for the Winter Olympics |
| 57% | MIGRATION | 9 | 2023 animated film about a family of ducks going south for the winter |
| 57% | HIBERNATE | 9 | Spend the winter asleep, wake in time for spring |
| 57% | ARFS | 4 | Winter is the season for wearing sc___ |