| 100% | NIPINTHEBUD | 11 | Stop before it can grow bigger |
| 46% | SEED | 4 | It can grow into a plant |
| 46% | SEED | 4 | It could grow into a plant |
| 44% | TIVO | 4 | It can stop the show |
| 44% | EVER | 4 | It can come before after |
| 44% | ASH | 3 | It can come before Wednesday |
| 43% | INTHEBUD | 8 | Nip __, stop before it gets out of control |
| 43% | TRIAL | 5 | It can come before a sentence |
| 43% | MEGAWATT | 8 | It can provide a big jolt |
| 42% | PRE | 3 | It can come before "teen" or "historic" |
| 42% | PRE | 3 | It can come before "natal" or "nuptial" |
| 42% | PRE | 3 | It can come before "season" or "school" |
| 42% | PRE | 3 | It can come before "mature" or "meditated" |
| 42% | EGO | 3 | It can be quite big in Hollywood |
| 42% | BOA | 3 | It could give you a big squeeze |
| 42% | IDEA | 4 | It can be big, bright, good or bad |
| 41% | LIT | 3 | What a candle needs to be before it can shed light |
| 41% | CODE | 4 | Message that needs to be cracked before it can be read |
| 41% | EGG | 3 | Something that has to be broken before it can be used |
| 40% | GASPRICE | 8 | It can affect where you stop on a road trip |
| 40% | BON | 3 | It can go before "Jovi" and "Iver" in band names |
| 40% | PRE | 3 | It can go before "law" or "med," for a college student |
| 40% | ALT | 3 | It can go before "rock" or "country" in indie music genres |
| 40% | MENS | 4 | It can go before "Fitness" or "Health" in names of magazines |
| 39% | SEED | 4 | What a gardener plants into the soil, so it can grow into something beautiful |
| 38% | EWER | 4 | Big-mouthed one that can hold its wine? |
| 38% | OKOK | 4 | "You can stop, I get it!" |
| 38% | VOLLEY | 6 | Tennis shot where a player hits the ball before it can bounce off the ground |
| 38% | GROUPER | 7 | Big mouth, stubby fish that can change its sex |
| 37% | ALLIGATOR | 9 | Animal that can grow up to 3,000 teeth in its lifetime |