| 100% | ABIDE | 5 | Verb that becomes a five-letter alphabet run if you change its middle letter |
| 55% | MOOSE | 5 | Mammal that becomes a bird if you change its first letter |
| 48% | LEMONDE | 7 | Newspaper name that becomes a beverage if you insert an "a" after its fifth letter |
| 48% | BEST | 4 | Verb that retains its meaning if its third letter is changed to a |
| 48% | OPAL | 4 | Gemstone that becomes a buddy if you remove its first letter |
| 47% | ERIC | 4 | Name that becomes a grain if you move its first letter to the end |
| 46% | IHOP | 4 | Commercial name that becomes a Native American tribe if you move its first letter to the end |
| 45% | SLY | 3 | Word that becomes its own synonym if you change its first letter to WI |
| 45% | SLY | 3 | Word that becomes its own synonym if you change its first letter to "WI" |
| 45% | TEMPE | 5 | City that becomes another city if you change both its vowels to A's |
| 44% | WRISTS | 6 | Body parts that become other body parts if you change the second letter to an A |
| 44% | RAM | 3 | Zodiac animal that spells another if you change its last letter to "t" |
| 43% | GAZE | 4 | Verb that becomes a noun if you add BO to the end |
| 43% | HEAR | 4 | Verb that becomes a related body part when its first letter is removed |
| 43% | HIRE | 4 | Verb that becomes its opposite when its first letter is changed to an "f" |
| 43% | UNTIE | 5 | Verb that becomes a family member if you add an A at the beginning |
| 42% | AMY | 3 | Girl's name that becomes a different girl's name if you switch the first two letters |
| 42% | NORAH | 5 | Woman's name that becomes a direction when its fourth letter is changed |
| 42% | TBSP | 4 | Meas. that becomes a third of its size if its second letter is removed |
| 41% | IRAN | 4 | Country whose name becomes another country if you change the last letter to a Q |
| 41% | KILO | 4 | Unit that becomes a Norse god if you swap its syllables |
| 41% | ELIAS | 5 | Real name that becomes a fake one by changing its first letter |
| 41% | SMELT | 5 | Fish that becomes a completely different fish if you precede it with "top" |
| 40% | MOTH | 4 | Insect that becomes a body part if you insert a U into the middle |
| 40% | FINCH | 5 | Bird whose name becomes a unit of length if you remove its first letter |
| 40% | LATTE | 5 | Word that, if you double it and mix up the letters, becomes 64-Across |
| 40% | GRAIN | 5 | Word that, if you double it and mix up the letters, becomes 17-Across |
| 40% | STEIN | 5 | Word that, if you double it and mix up the letters, becomes 11-Down |
| 40% | NEONS | 5 | Word that, if you double it and mix up the letters, becomes 30-Down |