| 100% | SEAR | 4 | To cook the surface of something with high heat |
| 79% | SEAR | 4 | To cook the surface of with high heat |
| 49% | APEX | 4 | The highest point of something, to reach the ___ (rhymes with "latex") |
| 49% | RENDER | 6 | To cook the fat out of something |
| 44% | SEAR | 4 | Cook the surface of |
| 42% | INLAID | 6 | Set into the surface of something |
| 41% | POLISH | 6 | Rub the surface of something until it shines |
| 39% | INTERPRET | 9 | To understand the meaning of something |
| 39% | ENHANCE | 7 | To improve the quality of something |
| 39% | SEAR | 4 | Cook with high heat |
| 39% | BROIL | 5 | Cook with high heat |
| 38% | PROTO | 5 | Prefix with "type" to mean the first model of something |
| 38% | TALENT | 6 | “What’s ___ but the ability to get away with something?”: Tennessee Williams, “The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone” |
| 38% | TOUCHING | 8 | Detecting the texture of something with fingers |
| 37% | SMELLING | 8 | Detecting the scent of something with the nose |
| 37% | MEASURES | 8 | Assesses the size of something with a tape |
| 37% | TAINT | 5 | To damage the quality of (rhymes with "faint) |
| 37% | REALDEAL | 8 | Something considered to be a supremely good example of its kind, with "the" |
| 37% | SOD | 3 | Surface of the ground with grass growing on it |
| 37% | THUD | 4 | Sound of something falling to the ground |
| 37% | ONTO | 4 | Moving to the surface of |
| 36% | TOPHEAVY | 8 | Like something with a high center of gravity |
| 36% | RIDDLE | 6 | The conundrum of initially missing cooking surface |
| 36% | ESTIMATE | 8 | To calculate the approximate value of something |
| 35% | ROOFTOPS | 8 | The highest surfaces of houses |
| 35% | STIRFRY | 7 | Using high heat and oil to cook meat and veggies |
| 35% | FRYING | 6 | Way to cook food at high heat using hot oil |
| 35% | CEDE | 4 | To give up possession of something, with territory for example |
| 35% | BEEB | 4 | Something to watch on the telly, with "the" |
| 35% | PULSE | 5 | Something checked with two fingers to the neck |