| 100% | PIERCE | 6 | To make a hole in the skin with a sharp object |
| 58% | PIERCING | 8 | Making a hole in the skin for an earring |
| 55% | DIGGING | 7 | The act of making holes in the ground with a spade |
| 49% | DIG | 3 | Make a hole in the garden |
| 49% | DIG | 3 | Make a hole in the ground |
| 49% | DUG | 3 | Made a hole in the ground |
| 49% | DIGS | 4 | Makes a hole in the ground |
| 49% | DIGGING | 7 | Making a hole in the ground |
| 48% | DUG | 3 | Made a hole in the earth while gardening |
| 47% | CLAY | 4 | Material used to make the object "illustrated" here, in a seasonal song |
| 47% | ALPHABETICALLY | 14 | How to link the 12 letters in this puzzle with a single line to make a picture |
| 46% | DUG | 3 | Made, as a hole in the ground |
| 46% | HANDDRILL | 9 | Small machine used to make a hole in a wall |
| 44% | GOLFBALL | 8 | Small sphere with which to get a hole in one |
| 44% | AIR | 3 | "Up in the ___" (George Clooney film with the tagline "The story of a man ready to make a connection") |
| 44% | GIMLETING | 9 | Making small holes in wood with a tool |
| 44% | AMENDED | 7 | Made changes to, as a bill in the House of Representatives |
| 43% | CANYON | 6 | A Grand hole in the ground made by erosion |
| 43% | BADMINTON | 9 | Sport played with a shuttlecock where players hit it back and forth in an attempt to make the other side miss |
| 43% | PORE | 4 | A little hole or opening in the skin for sweating |
| 43% | STEWPITDITTY | 12 | Song to sing while slow-cooking dinner in a hole in the ground? |
| 42% | BOOTH | 5 | Popular place to make a phone call, in the '50s |
| 42% | CAKE | 4 | (2/5) "Ann the maid, says, 'I was in the kitchen making a ___ (treat with icing) all morning and didn't have time to visit the mistress' chambers.'" |
| 42% | DENT | 4 | Make a ___ in (start to make progress with) |
| 42% | ONED | 4 | Made in the A.M. band, to fans |
| 42% | LUCY | 4 | One in the sky with diamonds, according to a Beatles song |
| 41% | BODKIN | 6 | A sharp, slim tool for making holes in leather |
| 41% | DONUT | 5 | Food with a hole in the middle |
| 41% | LIFESAVER | 9 | Candy with a hole in the middle |
| 41% | BAGEL | 5 | Roll with a hole in the middle |