| 100% | EBBS | 4 | What the tide always does after it floods |
| 55% | EBB | 3 | What the tide does when it retreats |
| 46% | RECAP | 5 | What my wife always demands that I do after using the toothpaste |
| 43% | REACHESAVERDICT | 15 | What the jury does after deliberating |
| 43% | WANE | 4 | What the Moon does after wax |
| 43% | WANED | 5 | What the Moon did after waxing |
| 42% | SMELTFUNNY | 10 | What the fish did after going bad? |
| 42% | TYPES | 5 | What the Red Cross does with its donations |
| 42% | SANK | 4 | What the Titanic did after hitting an iceberg |
| 41% | TELLSASAABSTORY | 15 | What the foreign car driver does after a trip? |
| 41% | RETURNADRESS | 12 | What the dissatisfied female giftee might do after Christmas? |
| 41% | EBBING | 6 | What a tide is doing when it's not flowing |
| 40% | SURE | 4 | "Oh, what the hell ... I'll do it" |
| 40% | DANCINGMOUTHTOMOUTH | 19 | What the amorous paramedic couple always ends up doing at dances? |
| 39% | TURNRED | 7 | What the focus of a 125-Across will do at its climax |
| 39% | EBB | 3 | What waves do after high tide |
| 39% | EYESUP | 6 | What the dog (somewhat overweight, I admit) almost always does to my steak |
| 39% | LOLLING | 7 | What the tongue of Marnie the Shih Tzu, Instagram sensation, was always doing |
| 39% | SNOWS | 5 | What it does when flakes fall from the sky |
| 39% | ROW | 3 | It's what you do "gently down the stream" |
| 39% | RAINED | 6 | What it did in the Atacama in June 2017 |
| 38% | DAM | 3 | Answer to the joke "What did the beaver say after stubbing its toe?" |
| 38% | COUGHEDUPTHEDOE | 15 | What the mountain lion did with the whitetail stuck in its throat? |
| 38% | SNOWS | 5 | What it does when frozen flakes fall from the sky |
| 38% | PASTE | 5 | What you might do with text after you copy it |
| 38% | DAM | 3 | What did the fish say when it hit the wall? |
| 38% | BLED | 4 | What I always did to the car brakes after changing the fluid in those days when I was a DIY car guy (I no longer am!) |
| 38% | WAKEINONESBOOTS | 15 | What a hiker might do after a nap on the trail? |
| 38% | CLOT | 4 | What blood does after an injury (when it thickens) |
| 36% | SHOP | 4 | What you may do on the Friday after Thanksgiving as a family tradition |