| 100% | UNSENT | 6 | Waiting to be mailed |
| 69% | INRESERVE | 9 | Waiting to be used |
| 68% | HID | 3 | Waited to be found, say |
| 68% | HID | 3 | Waited to be found, maybe |
| 68% | HID | 3 | Waited to be sought, perhaps |
| 67% | ONHOLD | 6 | Waiting to be connected by telephone |
| 66% | ORE | 3 | Gold waiting to be discovered |
| 66% | YELLOUT | 7 | Not wait to be called |
| 65% | RINGING | 7 | Waiting to be picked up, in a way |
| 65% | UNDECIDEDVOTERS | 15 | They're waiting to be persuaded |
| 64% | UNLIT | 5 | Like a candle waiting to be burned |
| 63% | GREENROOM | 9 | Where some people wait to be shot |
| 63% | POSTCARD | 8 | Doesn't need an envelope to be mailed |
| 63% | CANVAS | 6 | Blank __, art surface waiting to be painted on |
| 62% | YELLOUT | 7 | Not wait to be called on in class |
| 62% | SEALED | 6 | Like an envelope that's ready to be mailed |
| 62% | LINE | 4 | Group of people standing and waiting to be served |
| 61% | SIMBA | 5 | "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" singer |
| 61% | SIMBA | 5 | Character who "just can't wait to be king" |
| 61% | ADDR | 4 | What's written on an envelope to be mailed: Abbr. |
| 60% | BLANKPAGE | 9 | Empty sheet waiting to be written on in a new book |
| 56% | HIDDENGEM | 9 | Masterpiece waiting to be found ... or a hint to the words in the circled letters |
| 55% | CHAINLETTER | 11 | Mail meant to be passed on |
| 54% | IRS | 3 | Much Apr. mail is addressed to it |
| 54% | PATIENCE | 8 | The art of being able to wait |
| 53% | ETERNITY | 8 | Period you always appear to be waiting for when you phone tech support |
| 52% | BODYSHOP | 8 | It may be waiting for an accident to happen |
| 52% | DIAMOND | 7 | The Hope one was once mailed to the Smithsonian |
| 49% | LETMEKNOW | 9 | "I'll be waiting to hear from you" |
| 48% | THESTEAKTOCOOK | 14 | *"The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for ___" |