| 100% | PLOP | 4 | When repeated, start of an old antacid jingle |
| 84% | PLOP | 4 | When repeated, start of an old antacid slogan |
| 51% | BETTERTO | 8 | Start of an old motto |
| 51% | MARRYFORMONEY | 13 | Start of an old proverb |
| 51% | ICAME | 5 | Start of an old boast |
| 51% | VENI | 4 | Start of an old boast |
| 51% | ABCDEFGHIVE | 11 | Start of an old song lyric |
| 51% | DEARANN | 7 | Start of an old advice column |
| 51% | ONELIFE | 7 | Start of an old soap title |
| 50% | ITWASHEAVENWHEN | 15 | Start of an old romantic song lyric |
| 50% | BEALL | 5 | Start of an old Army recruiting line |
| 50% | HERES | 5 | Start of an old late-night intro |
| 50% | BEEF | 4 | "Two all-___ patties ..." (start of an old jingle for the Big Mac) |
| 48% | HIP | 3 | When repeated, start of a cheer |
| 48% | PLEASE | 6 | When repeated, start of a Beatles title |
| 47% | LIAR | 4 | When repeated, start of a child's taunt |
| 46% | WHERETHERESAWILL | 16 | *Nero Wolfe title that plays on the start of an old adage |
| 46% | HUBBA | 5 | When repeated, an old-fashioned cry |
| 46% | NANU | 4 | When repeated, an old sitcom farewell |
| 46% | TUT | 3 | When repeated, an old-fashioned cry |
| 46% | NANU | 4 | When repeated, an old sitcom catchphrase |
| 46% | TUT | 3 | When repeated, an expression of disapproval |
| 45% | IKO | 3 | When repeated it's an old New Orleans' tune |
| 45% | IKO | 3 | When repeated, an old New Orleans tune |
| 45% | NANU | 4 | When repeated, an old TV sign-off |
| 45% | EXTRA | 5 | When repeated, an old newsboy's cry |
| 45% | BORA | 4 | When repeated, an island NW of Tahiti |
| 45% | IMAGINATIONIS | 13 | Start of an Einstein quote that holds true when solving clever crosswords |
| 44% | INTHECASEWHERE | 14 | Start of a question about an old proverb |
| 42% | PHI | 3 | When repeated, it's the name of an island group in Thailand |