| 100% | BECAME | 6 | Transitioned to |
| 88% | ORDAIN | 6 | Transition to fatherhood |
| 85% | WEAN | 4 | Transition to solid foods, say |
| 82% | ORDEREDIN | 9 | Seamlessly transitioned to dinner, say? |
| 78% | SEGUE | 5 | Smooth transition to a new topic |
| 78% | SEGUE | 5 | Smooth transition to a new subject |
| 76% | BOILS | 5 | Transitions from liquid to gas |
| 76% | MELT | 4 | Transition from solid to liquid |
| 75% | PARADIGMSHIFT | 13 | Transition to a heliocentric model of the universe, e.g. |
| 74% | SEGUE | 5 | Transition from one topic to another |
| 74% | EMERGE | 6 | Transition from pupa to adult, maybe |
| 73% | SEGUE | 5 | Smooth transition to a new topic (sounds like "segway") |
| 72% | FOURMILLIONYEARSLATER | 21 | Transition from then to now in 2001 |
| 72% | GOPAPERLESS | 11 | Transition from printed files to digital ones |
| 72% | SEGUED | 6 | Transitioned from one podcast segment to another, say |
| 71% | ECOTONE | 7 | Transition area from deciduous to evergreen, e.g. |
| 70% | TITANIUM | 8 | Lustrous transition metal resistant to corrosion |
| 68% | FOOTHILLS | 9 | Area of transition from plains to mountains |
| 66% | SEGUE | 5 | Smooth transition from one topic to the next |
| 66% | BUT | 3 | Word that transitions good news to bad news |
| 66% | DEADNAME | 8 | Moniker prior to a gender transition |
| 61% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | *Mark the transition from an old year to the new, maybe |
| 57% | IRISES | 6 | Movie transitions in which the field of vision appears to expand or contract |
| 53% | METAMORPHOSIS | 13 | Larva-to-adult transition |
| 53% | THAW | 4 | Winter-to-spring transition |
| 51% | NAMECHANGE | 10 | Possible result of a marriage or gender transition, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 51% | ESTUARY | 7 | River-to-sea transition zone |
| 49% | BUT | 3 | Good-news-to-bad-news transition |
| 48% | BLUEANGELS | 10 | Gp. that started with Grumman F6F-5 Hellcats in 1946 and will transition to Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornets next year |
| 48% | PER | 3 | According to |