| 100% | TAIL | 4 | Verb that retains its meaning when an r is inserted after the first letter |
| 46% | HIRE | 4 | Verb that becomes its opposite when its first letter is changed to an "f" |
| 45% | HEAR | 4 | Verb that, when its first letter is removed, becomes the body part that does it |
| 45% | BEST | 4 | Verb that retains its meaning if its third letter is changed to a |
| 45% | ROTUND | 6 | Word that retains its meaning when its third letter is removed |
| 44% | OOPS | 4 | Interjection that retains its meaning when wh- is added to the front |
| 40% | EMENDS | 6 | Synonym for “alters” that keeps its meaning if the first letter is changed to an “A” |
| 40% | HEAR | 4 | Verb that becomes a related body part when its first letter is removed |
| 39% | ABLE | 4 | Word that retains its meaning when "cap-" is added |
| 37% | CITED | 5 | Word that becomes its own synonym when RED is inserted between its first two letters |
| 37% | AYE | 3 | Word that becomes its own synonym when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 36% | TIS | 3 | Old contraction that becomes its modern counterpart when the first two letters are switched |
| 35% | SER | 3 | Spanish verb that becomes 13-Across when an "a" is inserted |
| 34% | BAN | 3 | Word that becomes its own synonym when the last letter is changed to "r" |
| 34% | OPAL | 4 | Birthstone whose first letter is the same as that of its month |
| 34% | DUH | 3 | Word that retains its meaning when preceded by "no" |
| 33% | OLEG | 4 | Man's name that becomes a toy when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 33% | YOU | 3 | Word pronounced the same when its first two letters are removed |
| 32% | ROTUND | 6 | Word for “plump” that, when its third letter is removed, still means “plump” |
| 32% | QUEUE | 5 | Word that's pronounced the same after its last four letters are removed |
| 32% | ALIT | 4 | Past-tense verb that is the same as its present-tense form minus the fourth and fifth letters |
| 32% | CHINA | 5 | Country that becomes a part of the face when its last letter is removed |
| 32% | LEMONDE | 7 | Newspaper name that becomes a beverage if you insert an "a" after its fifth letter |
| 32% | QUEUE | 5 | Only English word that's pronounced the same after its last four letters are removed |
| 31% | CRUMBLES | 8 | "That's the way the cookie ___," idiom that means an unpleasant situation must be accepted as it is |
| 31% | CHARY | 5 | Word that's its own synonym when its first two letters are replaced with "w" |
| 31% | SIBERIA | 7 | Region that becomes a peninsula when its first letter is removed |
| 31% | IRENE | 5 | Name that becomes another name when its first letter is dropped |
| 30% | BEATLES | 7 | The ___, English rock band that released the song "What's the New Mary Jane" 28 years after it was first recorded |
| 30% | OWE | 3 | Verb that sounds like the letter after "N" |