| 100% | BEACHED | 7 | Stranded on the shore, a whale out of water |
| 52% | LITTORAL | 8 | Coastal, on the shore of a lake |
| 52% | DOCKS | 5 | Wooden platforms on the shores of a lake |
| 51% | PIER | 4 | Structure leading out from the shore into a body of water |
| 51% | ERIE | 4 | Pennsylvania city on the shore of a Great Lake |
| 51% | ERIE | 4 | Pennsylvania town on the shore of a Great Lake |
| 50% | ENISLE | 6 | Strand on a dot of land in the ocean |
| 49% | SKINTONE | 8 | Pigmentation on the outer layer of a person |
| 49% | BEACHSIDE | 9 | Of a property on the shore |
| 48% | DORSAL | 6 | Fin located on the back of a shark or whale |
| 48% | SPLOSH | 6 | Quiet sound of water on the side of a pail, say |
| 47% | INDIANADUNES | 12 | Sandy stretch on the shore of Lake Michigan designated a 40-Across in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 47% | OFFSHORE | 8 | Out on the water, like a platform or oil rig |
| 46% | FIN | 3 | Part of a shark that sticks out above the water |
| 46% | TUBING | 6 | Riding the inside of a tire on water or snow |
| 46% | ERIE | 4 | City in Pennsylvania situated on the south shore of a lake of the same name |
| 45% | AIR | 3 | What whales come out of the water for |
| 45% | WRINGS | 6 | Gets the water out of, in a way |
| 44% | EVIAN | 5 | — water, mineral water from a French spa on the south shore of Lake Geneva |
| 44% | FIN | 3 | Part of a shark sticking out of the water |
| 44% | ONE | 3 | Number spelled out on the back of a penny |
| 43% | ASHORE | 6 | Out of the water |
| 43% | EVIAN | 5 | — water, alkaline mineral water from a French spa on the south shore of Lake Geneva |
| 43% | OREM | 4 | City on the shore of Utah Lake |
| 42% | SPYHOP | 6 | Whale’s half-rise out of the water |
| 42% | ITHACA | 6 | College town on the shore of Cayuga Lake |
| 42% | EVIAN | 5 | Spa town on the shores of Lake Geneva |
| 42% | MONTREUX | 8 | Jazz festival on the shores of Lake Geneva |
| 42% | ALEE | 4 | Out of the wind, on windjammers |
| 42% | FOUL | 4 | Out of bounds on the field |