| 100% | YELL | 4 | Try to reach the hard-of-hearing? |
| 65% | CLIMB | 5 | Try to reach the top |
| 64% | CLIMB | 5 | Go up, like someone trying to reach the top of a mountain |
| 63% | RAN | 3 | Tried to reach the finishing ribbon first, perhaps |
| 63% | EHS | 3 | Replies from the hard of hearing |
| 61% | CALLING | 7 | Trying to reach on the phone |
| 61% | SIGN | 4 | Communicate with the hard of hearing, in a way |
| 61% | CHASES | 6 | Tries to get the hard-to-get |
| 60% | WOO | 3 | Try to win the love of |
| 60% | WOO | 3 | Try to win the hand of |
| 60% | WOO | 3 | Try to win the affection of |
| 60% | WOO | 3 | Try to win the affections of |
| 60% | HAIL | 4 | Try to get the attention of |
| 60% | SCARE | 5 | Try to cure the hiccups of |
| 59% | WOOS | 4 | Tries to win the affection of |
| 59% | WOOS | 4 | Tries to win the affections of |
| 59% | HEFTS | 5 | Tries to determine the weight of |
| 59% | WOOS | 4 | Tries to win the hand of |
| 58% | WOO | 3 | Try to win the heart of a lady |
| 58% | WOO | 3 | Try to win the heart of a lady? |
| 57% | OVERDOIT | 8 | Try too hard, to the point of exhaustion: 2 wds. |
| 57% | STARTLED | 8 | Tried to cure of the hiccups, maybe |
| 57% | AID | 3 | Hearing ___ (device for the hard of hearing) |
| 57% | GRILLPAN | 8 | Try to uncover the truth of what happened to Hook? |
| 55% | AERATEFREIGHT | 13 | Try to cure the effects of a skunk invasion on a semi? |
| 55% | YELL | 4 | Speak to the hard-of-hearing? |
| 55% | RACKSONESBRAIN | 14 | Tries hard to think of something |
| 54% | PRY | 3 | Try to get to the bottom of someone else's business? |
| 53% | CALLERID | 8 | It tells people who's trying to reach them on the phone: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 53% | CRAM | 4 | Try to do a semester's worth of studying right before the exam |