| 100% | WHATIF | 6 | Start of a hypothetical question. "Suppose...": 2 wds |
| 68% | WHATIF | 6 | Start of a hypothetical question |
| 62% | IWANT | 5 | Start of a brat's demand: 2 wds. |
| 62% | TOBE | 4 | Start of a famous "Hamlet" soliloquy: 2 wds. |
| 62% | ISAID | 5 | Start of a reiteration: 2 wds. |
| 61% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a Christmas letter: 2 wds. |
| 60% | IWISH | 5 | Start of a request to a genie: 2 wds. |
| 60% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a child's Christmas letter: 2 wds. |
| 59% | ATALE | 5 | Start of a Dickens title, "___ of Two Cities": 2 wds. |
| 59% | ISEE | 4 | Start of a crystal ball gazer's prediction: 2 wds. |
| 59% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a letter to the North Pole: 2 wds. |
| 59% | ISEE | 4 | Start of a crystal-ball reader's line: 2 wds. |
| 59% | HEYSIRI | 7 | Start of a voice command made to an iPhone: 2 wds. |
| 58% | NOWI | 4 | The start of a prayer, "___ lay me down...": 2 wds. |
| 58% | POUNDSIGN | 9 | Symbol used at the start of a hashtag: 2 wds. |
| 56% | LEFTJAB | 7 | Start of a one-two punch (2 wds.) |
| 56% | DONOT | 5 | Start of a warning (2 wds.) |
| 56% | AREACODE | 8 | Three-digit start of a phone number: 2 wds. |
| 56% | YOUVEGOT | 8 | Start of a reassuring phrase ... or the start to 20a, 41a, 55a, or 38d: 2 wds. |
| 55% | ATALE | 5 | Start of a Dickens title (2 wds.) |
| 55% | ADDA | 4 | Start of a recipe direction (2 wds.) |
| 55% | USEIT | 5 | Start of a fitness motto (2 wds.) |
| 55% | NOTIT | 5 | What some people shout at the start of a game of tag: 2 wds. |
| 55% | LETSSAY | 7 | Start of a hypothetical |
| 54% | USEIT | 5 | Start of a personal trainer's motto (2 wds.) |
| 54% | ISEE | 4 | Start of a fortune teller's report (2 wds.) |
| 54% | NOPAIN | 6 | Start of a classic fitness maxim (2 wds.) |
| 54% | YOHO | 4 | Start of a pirate's refrain (2 wds.) |
| 54% | LETSASSUME | 10 | Start of a hypothetical statement |
| 53% | FIRSTDAY | 8 | Start of a school year or a new job (2 wds.) |