| 100% | MADAM | 5 | Term of address that becomes less formal when its middle letter is removed |
| 50% | UNS | 3 | German pronoun that becomes its English equivalent when its middle letter is removed |
| 49% | POET | 4 | Profession that, when its last letter is removed, becomes the surname of a noted practitioner |
| 47% | SIBERIA | 7 | Region that becomes a peninsula when its first letter is removed |
| 45% | CHINA | 5 | Country that becomes a part of the face when its last letter is removed |
| 44% | MIC | 3 | Item that names a person holding it when its middle letter is removed |
| 43% | HEAR | 4 | Verb that, when its first letter is removed, becomes the body part that does it |
| 42% | ETHANE | 6 | Compound that becomes a man's name when its last letter is removed |
| 42% | HEAR | 4 | Verb that becomes a related body part when its first letter is removed |
| 41% | CUBA | 4 | Country that becomes a baby animal when its last letter is removed |
| 39% | IRENE | 5 | Name that becomes another name when its first letter is dropped |
| 39% | LEBARON | 7 | Car model whose name becomes an N.B.A. superstar when its middle letter is removed |
| 38% | WHO | 3 | Question that becomes another question when its first letter is moved to its end |
| 37% | NORAH | 5 | Woman's name that becomes a direction when its fourth letter is changed |
| 36% | POLO | 4 | Game that becomes another game when its last two letters are switched |
| 36% | TBSP | 4 | Meas. that becomes a third of its size if its second letter is removed |
| 36% | ROTUND | 6 | Word that retains its meaning when its third letter is removed |
| 36% | OLEG | 4 | Man's name that becomes a toy when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 36% | TIS | 3 | Old contraction that becomes its modern counterpart when the first two letters are switched |
| 35% | CITED | 5 | Word that becomes its own synonym when RED is inserted between its first two letters |
| 35% | SRI | 3 | Respectful title that becomes another title when its last two letters are switched |
| 35% | LEBARON | 7 | Chrysler model whose name becomes that of a country when its fifth letter is changed to an n |
| 34% | MAAM | 4 | Term of address that might be accompanied by a hat tip |
| 34% | LUTE | 4 | Stringed instrument that becomes a woodwind instrument when an F is added to the start of its name |
| 34% | ELSIE | 5 | Woman's name that becomes a different woman's name when its third and fourth letters are switched |
| 34% | MAAM | 4 | Formal term of address that utilizes elision |
| 34% | PERU | 4 | Country whose name becomes that of a currency when its second letter is doubled and its last two letters are moved to the front |
| 34% | LUTE | 4 | Instrument that becomes another instrument when "F" is added to the start of its name |
| 34% | ASP | 3 | Animal that becomes another animal when w is added to the beginning of its name |
| 34% | TINA | 4 | Girl's name that becomes a contraction when its first and last letters are switched |