| 100% | ISAID | 5 | Start of a reiteration: 2 wds. |
| 75% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a Christmas letter: 2 wds. |
| 74% | IWANT | 5 | Start of a brat's demand: 2 wds. |
| 74% | TOBE | 4 | Start of a famous "Hamlet" soliloquy: 2 wds. |
| 74% | WHATIF | 6 | Start of a hypothetical question. "Suppose...": 2 wds |
| 74% | IWISH | 5 | Start of a request to a genie: 2 wds. |
| 74% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a child's Christmas letter: 2 wds. |
| 73% | ATALE | 5 | Start of a Dickens title, "___ of Two Cities": 2 wds. |
| 73% | ISEE | 4 | Start of a crystal ball gazer's prediction: 2 wds. |
| 73% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a letter to the North Pole: 2 wds. |
| 72% | HEYSIRI | 7 | Start of a voice command made to an iPhone: 2 wds. |
| 72% | AREACODE | 8 | Three-digit start of a phone number: 2 wds. |
| 72% | DONOT | 5 | Start of a warning (2 wds.) |
| 71% | NOWI | 4 | The start of a prayer, "___ lay me down...": 2 wds. |
| 68% | ATALE | 5 | Start of a Dickens title (2 wds.) |
| 68% | ADDA | 4 | Start of a recipe direction (2 wds.) |
| 68% | USEIT | 5 | Start of a fitness motto (2 wds.) |
| 68% | NOTIT | 5 | What some people shout at the start of a game of tag: 2 wds. |
| 68% | LEFTJAB | 7 | Start of a one-two punch (2 wds.) |
| 68% | NOPAIN | 6 | Start of a classic fitness maxim (2 wds.) |
| 67% | USEIT | 5 | Start of a personal trainer's motto (2 wds.) |
| 67% | ISEE | 4 | Start of a fortune teller's report (2 wds.) |
| 65% | FIRSTDAY | 8 | Start of a school year or a new job (2 wds.) |
| 63% | NOWI | 4 | "___ lay me down..." (start of a prayer): 2 wds. |
| 62% | BEMY | 4 | Start of a 2/14 request |
| 61% | OLORD | 5 | Start of some prayers: 2 wds. |
| 61% | ISWEAR | 6 | Start of an oath: 2 wds. |
| 61% | ANUT | 4 | "Sometimes you feel like ___ ..." (start of a candy bar jingle): 2 wds. |
| 60% | ORELSE | 6 | End of a threat: 2 wds. |
| 60% | AGAL | 4 | Counterpart of a guy: 2 wds. |