| 100% | ASSAYS | 6 | Tests done to ore or minerals |
| 48% | LODE | 4 | Ore or mineral deposit |
| 45% | ASSAYS | 6 | Tests done on ores |
| 42% | OCTAVE | 6 | Do to do or fa to fa |
| 40% | TRYOUT | 6 | Test or put to experimental use |
| 39% | SLAY | 4 | What Buffy would do to a vampire or demon |
| 39% | SIMPLIFY | 8 | To make easier to do or understand |
| 39% | CUTANEOUS | 9 | To do with or affecting the skin |
| 38% | OPT | 3 | To choose to do or not do something |
| 38% | COMPEL | 6 | To push or force someone to do something |
| 38% | POLLICAL | 8 | To do with or relating to the thumb |
| 38% | HOTDOG | 6 | To do dangerous movements in surfing or skiing |
| 38% | EXERCISE | 8 | Do sport or physical activity to keep fit |
| 38% | AGENDA | 6 | Plan or outline to be done |
| 38% | PUZZLE | 6 | Question or problem to test ingenuity |
| 38% | KEEN | 4 | Excited about or eager to do |
| 38% | ABLE | 4 | Ready or willing to do something |
| 38% | INTENT | 6 | Resolved or determined to do something |
| 38% | ONTHEBRINKOF | 12 | About to do or suffer something |
| 38% | MINE | 4 | A place for collecting minerals or ore |
| 38% | EAT | 3 | Do we ___ to live, or live to ___? |
| 37% | INERTIA | 7 | Inactivity or a tendency to do nothing |
| 37% | PENCHANT | 8 | A predilection or tendency to do something |
| 37% | LET | 3 | Permit or allow someone to do something |
| 37% | DREWALINE | 9 | Did or didn't agree to end the illustrators' strike? |
| 37% | TASK | 4 | A chore or a job to be done |
| 37% | CHALLENGE | 9 | Trial or test to prove one's worth |
| 37% | PUZZLE | 6 | Baffling game or toy; problem to test brainpower |
| 37% | STIR | 4 | What to do after adding cream or sugar |
| 37% | GUIDANCE | 8 | Advice or information on how to do something |