| 100% | FROZE | 5 | Was paralyzed with fear, say |
| 60% | PETRIFY | 7 | Paralyze with fear |
| 55% | PANICS | 6 | Is overcome with fear |
| 54% | RUE | 3 | Be unsatisfied with, say |
| 54% | ADORE | 5 | Be smitten with, say |
| 53% | WEEPS | 5 | Is overcome with joy, say |
| 53% | AIL | 3 | Be down with fever, say |
| 49% | AIL | 3 | Be down with the flu, say |
| 47% | ALIBIED | 7 | Said, "She was with me all day," say |
| 47% | ANGEL | 5 | Heavenly being with a halo, say |
| 46% | DUNNO | 5 | It may be said with a shrug |
| 45% | GLOAT | 5 | Be too smug about being right, say (rhymes with "float") |
| 45% | SINK | 4 | With 81-Down, what loose lips are said to do |
| 45% | RAT | 3 | Be a narc, say, with on or out |
| 45% | SHOO | 4 | It may be said with a brushing motion |
| 45% | IDO | 3 | It may be said with a raised hand |
| 45% | ALAS | 4 | Exclamation that may be said with a sigh |
| 44% | PLATO | 5 | Who said "Courage is knowing what not to fear" |
| 44% | STARWARSDAY | 11 | Occasion to say "May the Fourth be with you" |
| 44% | YESMAN | 6 | One who agrees with anything that is said : Hyph. |
| 44% | CRICKET | 7 | Insect said to be lucky; sport with bat, wickets |
| 44% | ACCUSE | 6 | Say "It was Mrs. Peacock in the dining room with the knife" |
| 43% | LONER | 5 | Person who prefers to be solitary, say (rhymes with "toner") |
| 43% | ALLBARK | 7 | Loud people with no bite are said to be this |
| 43% | SHAZAM | 6 | It may be said with the wave of a hand |
| 43% | SPOONER | 7 | Reverend credited with saying "The Lord is a shoving leopard" |
| 43% | ONESTONE | 8 | You might be said to kill two birds with it |
| 43% | NAMEDROP | 8 | Say "When I was with my good friend Barack last week ...," e.g. |
| 42% | RAPT | 4 | "He paid ___ attention to what she was saying" (Rhymes with "trapped") |
| 42% | FIB | 3 | Something that might be said with fingers crossed behind the back |