| 100% | FOULTIP | 7 | Strike three, maybe |
| 61% | GOTRICH | 7 | Struck oil, maybe |
| 59% | OUT | 3 | Three strikes |
| 57% | AFEW | 4 | Three or four, maybe |
| 56% | OUT | 3 | Three strikes, in baseball |
| 55% | EPIC | 4 | Three-hour-plus movie, maybe |
| 55% | SETS | 4 | Three in a match, maybe |
| 55% | OUT | 3 | Three strikes, to an umpire |
| 55% | TURKEY | 6 | Three consecutive strikes in bowling |
| 55% | TURKEY | 6 | Three straight strikes, in bowling |
| 54% | HITIT | 5 | Cry after "One, two, three," maybe |
| 53% | OUT | 3 | Result of three strikes |
| 53% | OUT | 3 | What three strikes make |
| 52% | STRICTLAW | 9 | Three strikes and you're out, say |
| 52% | OUT | 3 | What three strikes result in |
| 52% | EDITOR | 6 | One striking out, maybe |
| 51% | PBJ | 3 | Three-letter sandwich found in a lunchbox, maybe |
| 51% | RULE | 4 | Three strikes and you're out, e.g. |
| 50% | COLT | 4 | Two- or three-year-old, maybe |
| 50% | BOGEY | 5 | Result of a three-putt, maybe |
| 50% | HESOUT | 6 | Announcer's call after three strikes |
| 50% | OUT | 3 | Result of three strikes in baseball |
| 50% | OUTS | 4 | Umpires call them after three strikes |
| 50% | ONE | 3 | "For it's ___, two, three strikes ..." |
| 50% | OUT | 3 | What three strikes make, in softball |
| 50% | ONE | 3 | "For it's ___, two, three strikes ... " |
| 50% | COILS | 5 | Prepares to strike, maybe |
| 50% | UNIONIZING | 10 | Preparing to strike, maybe |
| 50% | UMPIRING | 8 | Calling a strike, maybe? |
| 50% | UNIONREP | 8 | Person calling strikes, maybe |