| 100% | MADAM | 5 | Title sometimes shortened by removing its middle letter |
| 76% | MADAM | 5 | Title that's shortened by removing its middle letter |
| 66% | COMEHERE | 8 | Command sometimes shortened by removing its second, fourth, and fifth letters |
| 58% | ARE | 3 | Verb sometimes shortened by removing its vowels |
| 42% | ARE | 3 | Verb sometimes abbreviated to just its middle letter |
| 41% | YOU | 3 | Word sometimes shortened to its final letter |
| 40% | MADAM | 5 | Term of address that becomes less formal when its middle letter is removed |
| 39% | LEBARON | 7 | Car model whose name becomes an N.B.A. superstar when its middle letter is removed |
| 38% | ARE | 3 | Word shortened to its middle letter in texts |
| 37% | EST | 3 | CNN abbreviates it further by dropping its middle letter |
| 37% | AND | 3 | Word often shortened to its middle letter |
| 37% | AND | 3 | Word sometimes elided to its middle letter |
| 37% | ARE | 3 | Word sometimes texted as its middle letter |
| 36% | ARE | 3 | Word often shortened to its middle letter in texts |
| 36% | ARE | 3 | Verb often shortened to its middle letter in texting |
| 36% | ARE | 3 | Word sometimes reduced to its middle letter in texts |
| 36% | ARE | 3 | Word often represented by its middle letter in texts |
| 36% | SINE | 4 | Mathematical term that's abbreviated by removing its last letter |
| 35% | TUNIS | 5 | World capital whose name can be formed by removing letters from the end of its country's name |
| 35% | ABRIDGE | 7 | Shorten by removing words without altering meaning |
| 35% | ARE | 3 | Word that might be shortened to just its middle letter, in texts |
| 34% | IROCK | 5 | Boast formed by removing the middle two words of a popular Paul Simon song title |
| 34% | ARE | 3 | Word pronounced like its middle letter |
| 34% | ARE | 3 | Verb that may be shortened to just its middle letter in a text |
| 34% | ARE | 3 | Word that sounds like its middle letter |
| 33% | ARE | 3 | Word that's often shortened to its middle letter in texts |
| 33% | YOU | 3 | Word often shortened to its last letter by texters |
| 32% | ARE | 3 | Word often abbreviated to its middle letter, in texts |
| 32% | ARE | 3 | Word often abbreviated to its middle letter in texts |
| 32% | MOTORHOTEL | 10 | Lodging often shortened by five letters |