| 100% | EXTENT | 6 | Technical term for a bird's wingspan |
| 54% | SWANDIVE | 8 | US term for a swallow dive (different bird!) |
| 51% | IVR | 3 | Technical term for what you hear on calling a customer care centre sometimes: Abbr. |
| 51% | KIWI | 4 | Slang term for a New Zealander, or a bird from New Zealand |
| 50% | TREE | 4 | Place for a bird's nest |
| 50% | TREE | 4 | Spot for a bird's nest |
| 50% | PUGILIST | 8 | Technical and Latin term for a boxer |
| 49% | NICTATE | 7 | Technical term for closing one's eyelids |
| 49% | TECTRIX | 7 | Another word for a bird's covert feather |
| 48% | ENATE | 5 | Term for a relative on your mother's side |
| 47% | FANCYMAN | 8 | Derogatory term for a woman's lover |
| 47% | SHIV | 4 | Slang term for a criminal's blade |
| 47% | SHIV | 4 | Slang term for a gangster's knife |
| 47% | TOUPEE | 6 | French term for a gentleman's hairpiece |
| 47% | POSSE | 5 | Slang term for a star's entourage |
| 47% | MEMOIR | 6 | Term for a historical account written from one's personal knowledge |
| 47% | DOOLIE | 6 | Term for a freshman at the U.S. Air Force Academy |
| 47% | BAERSCLAUSE | 11 | Contract term for a 1930's heavyweight champ? |
| 47% | HALLUX | 6 | Medical term for a person's big toe |
| 47% | SCAPULA | 7 | Medical term for a person's shoulder blade |
| 46% | GAL | 3 | Cowboy's term for a woman |
| 46% | AXE | 3 | Informal term for a guitar (also a lumberjack's tool) |
| 46% | CHICKCOREA | 10 | 23-time Grammy-winning jazz pianist whose first name is also the term for a baby bird: 2 wds. |
| 46% | SCRIVENER | 9 | Old term for a clerk, à la Melville's Bartleby |
| 46% | BAINMARIE | 9 | French term for a chef's hot-water bath |
| 46% | NAN | 3 | Term for mother's mother, to a Brit |
| 46% | SEDAN | 5 | U.S. term for a British "saloon" |
| 46% | OWIE | 4 | Child's term for a boo-boo |
| 46% | BIRDIE | 6 | Child's term for a nest owner |
| 46% | OWIE | 4 | Toddler's term for a minor bruise |