| 100% | THEYSAY | 7 | Start of an unattributed rumor (2 wds.) |
| 72% | USEBY | 5 | Start of an expiration notice: 2 wds. |
| 71% | ISWEAR | 6 | Start of an oath: 2 wds. |
| 65% | TOA | 3 | Start of many an ode's title: 2 wds. |
| 64% | USEBY | 5 | Start of an expiration notice (2 wds.) |
| 59% | ASKME | 5 | "If you ___..." (start of an opinion): 2 wds. |
| 58% | ISEE | 4 | "The way ___ it ..." (start of an opinion): 2 wds. |
| 57% | HEYSIRI | 7 | Start of a voice command made to an iPhone: 2 wds. |
| 55% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a Christmas letter: 2 wds. |
| 55% | IYAM | 4 | Start of Popeye's phrase: 2 wds. |
| 54% | ISAID | 5 | Start of a reiteration: 2 wds. |
| 54% | OLORD | 5 | Start of some prayers: 2 wds. |
| 53% | PLANEFARE | 9 | Price of an airline ticket: 2 wds. |
| 53% | WEBPAGE | 7 | Part of an Internet site: 2 wds. |
| 53% | ANI | 3 | "Gimme ___!" (start of an Illini cheer) (2 wds.) |
| 53% | IWANT | 5 | Start of a brat's demand: 2 wds. |
| 53% | TOBE | 4 | Start of a famous "Hamlet" soliloquy: 2 wds. |
| 53% | WHATIF | 6 | Start of a hypothetical question. "Suppose...": 2 wds |
| 53% | TOBE | 4 | Start of Hamlet's famous soliloquy: 2 wds. |
| 53% | SIDEA | 5 | First half of an LP: 2 wds. |
| 53% | SIDEA | 5 | First half of an album: 2 wds. |
| 53% | ORELSE | 6 | End of an ultimatum: 2 wds. |
| 52% | IWISH | 5 | Start of a request to a genie: 2 wds. |
| 52% | TOBE | 4 | Start of Hamlet's most famous question: 2 wds. |
| 52% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a child's Christmas letter: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ATALE | 5 | Start of a Dickens title, "___ of Two Cities": 2 wds. |
| 51% | ISEE | 4 | Start of a crystal ball gazer's prediction: 2 wds. |
| 51% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a letter to the North Pole: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ISEE | 4 | Start of a crystal-ball reader's line: 2 wds. |
| 51% | JAMESWATT | 9 | Inventor of an improved steam engine: 2 wds. |