| 100% | POUNDSIGN | 9 | Symbol used at the start of a hashtag: 2 wds. |
| 62% | NOTIT | 5 | What some people shout at the start of a game of tag: 2 wds. |
| 58% | EATUP | 5 | What a cook might say at the start of a meal: 2 wds. |
| 55% | NOWI | 4 | The start of a prayer, "___ lay me down...": 2 wds. |
| 55% | STAR | 4 | Symbol at the start of a Yelp review |
| 53% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a letter to the North Pole: 2 wds. |
| 53% | OCANADA | 7 | Anthem heard at the start of many hockey games: 2 wds. |
| 53% | EARLYLEAD | 9 | What the front-runner has at the start of a race (2 wds.) |
| 52% | ORELSE | 6 | Words at the end of a threat: 2 wds. |
| 52% | CLOCKIN | 7 | Punch one's time card at the start of the day: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ETAL | 4 | Abbreviation used at the end of the list: 2 wds. |
| 51% | TODO | 4 | Phrase at the top of a task list: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ETAL | 4 | Abbreviation at the end of a list of people: 2 wds. |
| 50% | YOUVEGOT | 8 | Start of a reassuring phrase ... or the start to 20a, 41a, 55a, or 38d: 2 wds. |
| 49% | TODO | 4 | Words at the top of a list of uncompleted tasks: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ALCAPONE | 8 | Gangster at the head of a Prohibition-era crime syndicate: 2 wds. |
| 49% | TAKEOFF | 7 | At the start of a flight, you prepare for __ |
| 49% | FAVOR | 5 | *Cry at the start of a vote |
| 49% | FYI | 3 | Initials at the start of a memo |
| 49% | ATTN | 4 | Abbr. at the start of a memo |
| 49% | THUS | 4 | Word at the start of a conclusion |
| 49% | FYI | 3 | Inits. at the start of a memo |
| 49% | INRE | 4 | About, at the start of a memo |
| 49% | LOVEALL | 7 | Score at the start of a set |
| 49% | TWAS | 4 | Contraction at the start of a sentence |
| 49% | LETSBEGIN | 9 | Words at the start of a lesson |
| 49% | EPIGRAPH | 8 | Quotation at the start of a chapter |
| 49% | LOVEALL | 7 | Score at the start of a match |
| 49% | ANDWERELIVE | 11 | Phrase at the start of a broadcast |
| 49% | EAT | 3 | Urging at the start of a meal |