| 100% | KICK | 4 | Try for the extra point |
| 57% | COMPETE | 7 | Try for the title |
| 56% | PUTTS | 5 | Tries for the hole |
| 53% | MILD | 4 | Not exactly trying for the palate |
| 53% | KICK | 4 | Try for three points |
| 50% | GRASPATSTRAWS | 13 | Old fashioned leggings are in -- try for the impossible!? |
| 50% | SENATEBID | 9 | Try for a seat in the Capitol |
| 49% | ANDONE | 6 | Extra point for a shooting foul, in basketball |
| 49% | POI | 3 | Food that tourists in Hawaii often try for the first time |
| 47% | SALTSEA | 7 | Another name for the ''world's lowest point'' |
| 47% | POV | 3 | The acronym for point of view |
| 47% | DIRECTEDASCENTS | 15 | Pointed the way for Subaru SUVs? |
| 46% | AUDITION | 8 | Try out for the role |
| 46% | MACYGRAY | 8 | R&B singer best known for the song I Try |
| 46% | INT | 3 | Extra money given by the bank, for short |
| 45% | PERTINENT | 9 | For every tent in order, to the point |
| 45% | ALIEN | 5 | Elliott's friend in "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," for one |
| 44% | VMI | 3 | "West Point of the South," for short |
| 44% | LIN | 3 | Point guard for the Brooklyn Nets, Jeremy |
| 44% | TIL | 3 | Up to the point that, for short |
| 44% | TIP | 3 | Extra 20% for the waitstaff, perhaps |
| 44% | CRAW | 4 | Sticking point for the unacceptable |
| 44% | OVERDOIT | 8 | Try too hard, to the point of exhaustion: 2 wds. |
| 44% | SUBS | 4 | Extra players on the bench in a game, for short |
| 44% | IMNOUSE | 7 | "What's the point in me even trying" |
| 44% | VIEWS | 5 | Selling point for a house in the hills |
| 44% | MTARARAT | 8 | High point of the Old Testament, for short |
| 43% | BACKCOMB | 8 | Brush hair in the wrong direction for extra volume |
| 43% | USE | 3 | "What's the ___?" ("There's no point in trying") |
| 43% | CRUNCH | 6 | Trying time for the church around part of Runcorn |