| 100% | PHOBE | 5 | Suffix denoting a person with a fear of something |
| 48% | OFFICIAL | 8 | Person with a position of authority |
| 48% | OLDHAND | 7 | Person with a lot of experience |
| 48% | USHER | 5 | Person with a stack of playbills |
| 48% | LEOS | 4 | People with a sign of pride? |
| 48% | DYNAMOS | 7 | People with a lot of pep |
| 47% | REDHEAD | 7 | A person with flaming locks of hair |
| 47% | SHAKENBAKE | 10 | Food product once marketed as an option for people with a “fear of frying” |
| 47% | BIGSHOTS | 8 | People with a lot of clout: 2 wds. |
| 47% | LAO | 3 | People with a language of the same name |
| 47% | PRUDE | 5 | Someone with a fear of flying? |
| 46% | TITAN | 5 | Person with a lot of power in their industry |
| 46% | SOLD | 4 | Cry of a person with a hammer |
| 46% | DYNAMO | 6 | Person with a ton of energy, or an electrical generator |
| 46% | INDY | 4 | Fictional archaeologist with a fear of snakes, informally |
| 45% | NASAL | 5 | Like the voice of a person with a cold |
| 45% | OBJECTOR | 8 | A person who expresses disagreement with something |
| 45% | PLAN | 4 | Something avoided by a person with teleophobia |
| 44% | DIP | 3 | Something served with a platter of raw veggies |
| 44% | TAILGATE | 8 | Party with a lot of people? |
| 44% | EGG | 3 | Something a person with an ovomucoid allergy cannot eat |
| 44% | CUT | 3 | Something you would do with a pair of scissors |
| 44% | TIME | 4 | Magazine with a Person of the Year |
| 44% | TIME | 4 | Newsmagazine with a Person of the Year |
| 44% | NETWORK | 7 | Group of people with a common interest |
| 44% | MEETUP | 6 | Gathering of people with a shared interest |
| 44% | BLOC | 4 | Group of people with a common interest |
| 44% | CONGA | 5 | Party dance with a line of people |
| 43% | ATE | 3 | Took something with a grain of salt, maybe |
| 43% | TIME | 4 | Magazine with a Person of the Year honor |