| 100% | NINETIES | 8 | With “the,” heat wave temperatures |
| 68% | NBA | 3 | League with the Heat and Thunder: Abbr. |
| 67% | HOTTEST | 7 | Warmest; with the highest temperatures |
| 65% | NBA | 3 | Sports league with the Heat and the Jazz (Abbr.) |
| 65% | EBBED | 5 | Went out with the waves |
| 64% | MIAMISOL | 8 | Former WNBA team that shared an arena with the Heat |
| 63% | NBA | 3 | Org. with the Suns and the Heat |
| 63% | ARI | 3 | Fleischer with the 2005 memoir "Taking Heat" |
| 62% | NBA | 3 | League with the Thunder and the Heat: Abbr. |
| 62% | NBA | 3 | League with the Suns and the Heat: Abbr. |
| 61% | OLES | 4 | Shouts made with the waving of white hankies |
| 59% | SHAZAM | 6 | It may be said with the wave of a hand |
| 59% | SURF | 4 | Ride the waves (rhymes with "turf") |
| 58% | HIMOM | 5 | Words with a wave to the camera |
| 57% | SURFSIDE | 8 | Area along the seashore, with crashing waves |
| 57% | CALM | 4 | With almost no waves, like the ocean |
| 57% | CRASHINTOME | 11 | Dave Matthews Band hit with the lyric "I see the wave coming" |
| 57% | KONA | 4 | Beer brand with the Longboard Island Lager and Big Wave Golden Ale |
| 57% | BOSH | 4 | Chris who won a pair of NBA titles with the Miami Heat |
| 57% | ADIABATIC | 9 | Process with temperature change but no heat flow |
| 57% | WEATHERBOON | 11 | Clear skies, with temperatures in the 70's? |
| 57% | PRESTO | 6 | Word said with a wave of the hand |
| 57% | SWEPTASIDE | 10 | Removed as with a wave of the hand |
| 56% | ENDLESSSUMMER | 13 | With "The," 1966 documentary about surfers chasing waves around the globe: 2 wds. |
| 55% | CHANNELSURF | 11 | With 59-Down, means of riding the waves off of Brighton? |
| 55% | SHOO | 4 | It's said with a wave of the hand |
| 55% | PATRILEY | 8 | Five-time N.B.A. championship-winning coach with the Lakers and the Heat |
| 54% | SHIMMER | 7 | Vibrate, as with heat waves |
| 54% | SAND | 4 | *Beach surface you might write on, only to find it wiped off with the waves |
| 53% | LEBRONJAMES | 11 | Small forward who, in 2012, won both an NBA title with the Heat and an Olympic gold medal: 2 wds. |