| 100% | EBBING | 6 | What a tide is doing when it's not flowing |
| 55% | BATTERINGRAMEAU | 15 | What a hailstorm is doing when composer Jean-Philippe is caught in it? |
| 54% | AJAR | 4 | What a door is when it's not a door, in an old joke |
| 51% | CRY | 3 | What a baby does when it is upset |
| 51% | PURRS | 5 | What a cat does when it is satisfied |
| 47% | ROAR | 4 | What a lion would do when it loses its patience |
| 46% | OBEY | 4 | What a well-trained dog will do in response to its owner's commands |
| 45% | CAMOUFLAGEPANTS | 15 | What a dog might do to pretend it's not out of breath? |
| 45% | VANISHING | 9 | What lotion is doing when it sinks into skin |
| 45% | GOVERNS | 7 | What a politician does when he is 1a |
| 44% | PASS | 4 | What not to do when there’s a double yellow line |
| 43% | FOUNDMISSING | 12 | Like a stolen object, when it's not where it's supposed to be |
| 43% | EBB | 3 | What the tide does when it retreats |
| 42% | POST | 4 | What you do with a letter when sending it |
| 42% | BLOOM | 5 | A flower is pretty when it's in this |
| 42% | SCIENCE | 7 | "___ is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it": Einstein |
| 42% | LATER | 5 | When a procrastinator will get it done |
| 41% | REARED | 6 | What a horse did when it stood on its hind legs |
| 41% | LAP | 3 | What a runner will do to another when they're more than 400 m ahead in the 5,000 m |
| 41% | EJECT | 5 | What pilots do when a jet is going down |
| 41% | PANT | 4 | What dogs do when it’s hot |
| 41% | JAR | 3 | "When it's a ___" (answer to the riddle "When is a door not a door?") |
| 41% | AJAR | 4 | "When it's ___" (answer to the old riddle "When is a door not a door?") |
| 41% | FRENCH | 6 | When is an Irish potato not an Irish potato? "When it's a ___ fry!" |
| 40% | ANIF | 4 | "It's not ___, it's a when" |
| 40% | ANIF | 4 | "It's not __, it's a when" |
| 40% | WAG | 3 | What a happy dog's tail will do |
| 40% | SPEW | 4 | What a shaken soda bottle will do when uncapped |
| 40% | TYPE | 4 | What a computer's keyboard is used to do |
| 40% | ABSTAIN | 7 | What a celibate will do |