| 100% | APPLYFOR | 8 | Try to get, as a grant or a job (2 wds.) |
| 59% | NIPAT | 5 | Try to bite, as a puppy: 2 wds. |
| 59% | JOHNNYBRAVO | 11 | Popular animated TV series with a boorish, muscular young man as its titular character who tries to get women to date him: 2 wds. |
| 57% | DAYSPA | 6 | Place to get a massage or a facial: 2 wds. |
| 57% | CUEUP | 5 | Get ready to play, as a CD track: 2 wds. |
| 54% | SLAPAT | 6 | Try to hit, as a mosquito (2 wds.) |
| 54% | REINSIN | 7 | Tries to control, as a runaway horse (2 wds.) |
| 53% | GOOUTFOR | 8 | Try to get, as a role |
| 53% | BIDSFOR | 7 | Tries to get, as a lot |
| 52% | MINING | 6 | Trying to get, as diamonds or bitcoin |
| 51% | APPLIES | 7 | Tries to get a grant |
| 51% | APPLYING | 8 | Trying to get a job |
| 50% | NEXTDOOR | 8 | Directly adjacent, as a house or apartment: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ZIPPEDUP | 8 | Sealed, as a backpack or sleeping bag: 2 wds. |
| 50% | RUNFORMAYOR | 11 | Try to get a city hall job |
| 50% | APPLY | 5 | Try to get a grant, e.g. |
| 50% | HITUP | 5 | Try to get money from: 2 wds. |
| 50% | APPLIESTO | 9 | Tries to get in, as a school |
| 50% | GREATAPE | 8 | Large primate such as a chimpanzee or gorilla: 2 wds. |
| 50% | EMPTYOUT | 8 | Remove everything from, as a garage or attic: 2 wds. |
| 49% | NIPAT | 5 | Try to bite, like a puppy: 2 wds. |
| 49% | NIPSAT | 6 | Tries to bite, like a puppy: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ENDUPAT | 7 | Get to, as a final destination: 3 wds. |
| 48% | ATBAT | 5 | Chance to get a hit, in baseball: 2 wds. |
| 48% | APPLYTO | 7 | Try for a job at: 2 wds. |
| 48% | MOVEDON | 7 | Got a new job, maybe: 2 wds. |
| 48% | MEETUP | 6 | Get together as a group: 2 wds. |
| 48% | USEON | 5 | Apply to, as a balm: 2 wds. |
| 48% | HEYYOU | 6 | Words to get the attention of a stranger: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ONCALL | 6 | Available to work, as a doctor: 2 wds. |