| 100% | POSE | 4 | Strike a deliberate stance or position |
| 45% | POSE | 4 | Strike a stance |
| 45% | POSED | 5 | Struck a stance |
| 43% | POSED | 5 | Struck a stance for a photographer |
| 41% | POSE | 4 | Stance a model might strike |
| 41% | QUAGMIRE | 8 | A difficult, precarious or entrapping position |
| 40% | TOPMOST | 7 | Highest in status or position, like a CEO |
| 40% | POSE | 4 | Stance struck at a photo shoot |
| 40% | HITTING | 7 | Striking or beating; reaching a target |
| 39% | PLEAT | 5 | Deliberate fold in a skirt or kilt |
| 38% | ASTRIDE | 7 | Position for sitting on a horse or bike |
| 38% | CLERKSHIP | 9 | Position of working for a lawyer or judge |
| 38% | FALLBACK | 8 | __ position, a retreat or an alternative solution |
| 38% | APOLOGIST | 9 | Defender of a stance, doctrine or policy |
| 38% | BOWLS | 5 | Rolls a spare or a strike, say |
| 37% | KEY | 3 | Letter or number struck by a typist |
| 37% | KNEEL | 5 | Body position during a prayer or a proposal |
| 37% | OUTGOING | 8 | Leaving a position or office after a defeat |
| 37% | PROMOTED | 8 | Given a superior rank or position at work |
| 37% | OUTRANK | 7 | Be a superior grade or position to someone |
| 36% | HIRE | 4 | Put in a position, as an editor or manager |
| 36% | PROMOTED | 8 | Person or team moved up from a lower position |
| 36% | LIFEFORCE | 9 | Prana Mudra, or energy from a yoga hand position |
| 36% | DETHRONE | 8 | Remove a king or queen from position of power |
| 35% | CENTERFIELD | 11 | Baseball position ... or a description of each group of circled letters? |
| 34% | ONANDOFF | 8 | Intermittently, or the two positions for a light switch: 3 wds. |
| 34% | PROMOTED | 8 | Raised to a higher status or position at work |
| 34% | RESIGNS | 7 | Quits a job or position of power |
| 34% | SNOOKERED | 9 | Caught in a trap, or in a difficult position |
| 33% | NERVE | 5 | Strike a ___ |