| 100% | MADAM | 5 | Title that's shortened by removing its middle letter |
| 75% | MADAM | 5 | Title sometimes shortened by removing its middle letter |
| 54% | SINE | 4 | Mathematical term that's abbreviated by removing its last letter |
| 52% | COMEHERE | 8 | Command sometimes shortened by removing its second, fourth, and fifth letters |
| 47% | TBSP | 4 | Amt. that's reduced by two-thirds when its second letter is removed |
| 46% | ARE | 3 | Word that's often shortened to its middle letter in texts |
| 44% | ARE | 3 | Verb sometimes shortened by removing its vowels |
| 43% | ARE | 3 | Word that might be shortened to just its middle letter, in texts |
| 42% | ARE | 3 | Verb that may be shortened to just its middle letter in a text |
| 41% | MADAM | 5 | Term of address that becomes less formal when its middle letter is removed |
| 41% | PSI | 3 | Letter that's another letter without its middle letter |
| 40% | QUEUE | 5 | Word that's pronounced the same after its last four letters are removed |
| 39% | QUEUE | 5 | Only English word that's pronounced the same after its last four letters are removed |
| 39% | EST | 3 | CNN abbreviates it further by dropping its middle letter |
| 38% | TUNIS | 5 | World capital whose name can be formed by removing letters from the end of its country's name |
| 38% | UNS | 3 | German pronoun that becomes its English equivalent when its middle letter is removed |
| 38% | MIC | 3 | Item that names a person holding it when its middle letter is removed |
| 37% | LEBARON | 7 | Car model whose name becomes an N.B.A. superstar when its middle letter is removed |
| 37% | ARE | 3 | Word shortened to its middle letter in texts |
| 36% | MISTER | 6 | Male title that's usually shortened |
| 36% | SRI | 3 | Respectful title that becomes another title when its last two letters are switched |
| 36% | AND | 3 | Word often shortened to its middle letter |
| 36% | ARE | 3 | Word that sounds like its middle letter |
| 36% | SRI | 3 | Foreign title that becomes its English equivalent if you switch the last two letters |
| 35% | ARE | 3 | Word often shortened to its middle letter in texts |
| 35% | ARE | 3 | Verb often shortened to its middle letter in texting |
| 35% | MEN | 3 | "___ Without Women," 2014 short story collection by Haruki Murakami that shares its title with Ernest Hemingway's short story collection |
| 35% | ARE | 3 | Word often represented by its middle letter in texts |
| 35% | FLAB | 4 | It's removed by liposuction |
| 34% | PAINT | 5 | It's removed by a stripper |