| 100% | RUPTURE | 7 | To break or burst unexpectedly |
| 54% | PAR | 3 | Something to break or shoot |
| 53% | LEG | 3 | Something to break or shake, idiomatically |
| 52% | ALEG | 4 | Something to break or shake, in phrase |
| 48% | PLUNGE | 6 | To penetrate or enter unexpectedly or violently |
| 47% | HOE | 3 | Tool used to break up soil or stir concrete |
| 46% | OMEN | 4 | Broken mirror or a raven, to some |
| 46% | OMEN | 4 | Broken glass or an eclipse, to some |
| 46% | OMEN | 4 | Broken mirror or dark clouds, to some |
| 46% | OMEN | 4 | Broken mirror or black cat, to some |
| 46% | OMEN | 4 | Broken mirror or an eclipse, to some |
| 46% | EXPLOSIVE | 9 | Liable to burst or combust |
| 46% | EXPLODE | 7 | To violently burst, fly into pieces, break up |
| 44% | SATE | 4 | Satisfy or fill to the bursting point |
| 44% | OMENS | 5 | Black cats or broken mirrors, to some |
| 44% | OMEN | 4 | Black cat or broken mirror, to some |
| 44% | HABIT | 5 | Something to kick or break |
| 44% | RICKETY | 7 | Likely to collapse or break |
| 44% | CAMP | 4 | Something to pitch or break |
| 44% | CAMP | 4 | Something to make or break |
| 44% | RANDR | 5 | Break, briefly ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 43% | OMEN | 4 | An eclipse or broken glass, to some people |
| 43% | OMEN | 4 | Black cat or broken mirror, to some people |
| 43% | VICIOUSCYCLES | 13 | Hard patterns to break ... or a punny description of the climbs up the circled letters |
| 43% | OMEN | 4 | Black cat or broken mirror, to a superstitious person |
| 43% | OMEN | 4 | A broken mirror or red sky, to the superstitious |
| 41% | PAR | 3 | Good thing to make or break |
| 41% | BREEZE | 6 | Easy to accomplish or a short burst of wind |
| 41% | REST | 4 | To take a quick break or pause |
| 39% | FAST | 4 | Breakneck ... or something to break |