| 100% | BALSA | 5 | Wood that becomes a type of vinaigrette if you add a "mic" |
| 55% | ERG | 3 | Unit of work that becomes a word meaning "thus" if you add an O to the end |
| 54% | AMINO | 5 | Kind of acid that becomes a musical key if you add an "r" |
| 52% | EMO | 3 | Music genre that becomes a Sesame Street character if you add an L |
| 50% | PANAM | 5 | Old airline that becomes a Central American country if you add an A to the end: 2 wds. |
| 49% | YEA | 3 | Positive vote that would be a unit of time if you added an R to the end |
| 48% | UNTIE | 5 | Verb that becomes a family member if you add an A at the beginning |
| 48% | NIGER | 5 | African country that's another African country if you add a pair of letters |
| 48% | WES | 3 | Name that becomes a direction if you add a T |
| 48% | BOA | 3 | Snake that becomes a pig if you add an R |
| 47% | RUMANDCOKE | 10 | Drink that becomes a Cuba Libre if you add lime juice |
| 47% | GAZE | 4 | Verb that becomes a noun if you add BO to the end |
| 47% | ETSY | 4 | Website that becomes a name if you add a B at the beginning |
| 47% | ELM | 3 | Tree that becomes a Muppet if you add an "o" to the end |
| 47% | ARIA | 4 | Solo that becomes a font if you add an "L" to the end |
| 46% | SUI | 3 | Fashion surname that becomes a garment if you add a T at the end |
| 46% | ASP | 3 | Reptile that becomes an insect if you add a W |
| 46% | LAO | 3 | Language that becomes the name of where it's spoken if you add an "s" |
| 46% | ARGO | 4 | 2012 film that becomes a 1996 film if you add an F at the beginning |
| 44% | ECTOR | 5 | Name in Arthurian legend that becomes a name in Greek myth if you add H to the start |
| 43% | HOLA | 4 | Greeting that becomes another greeting if you add an A at the front and reverse it |
| 43% | SMELT | 5 | Fish that becomes a completely different fish if you precede it with "top" |
| 42% | FINCH | 5 | Bird whose name becomes a unit of length if you remove its first letter |
| 41% | IHOP | 4 | Commercial name that becomes a Native American tribe if you move its first letter to the end |
| 41% | ASTER | 5 | Flower that becomes a holiday if an E is added to the front |
| 41% | WET | 3 | Type of hands that you may find in a pottery class |
| 41% | BABE | 4 | 1996 Oscar nominee whose title becomes a 2007 Oscar nominee if you add an L to the end |
| 41% | ALAN | 4 | Boy's name that becomes a girl's name if you move the first letter to the end |
| 41% | OLEG | 4 | Man's name that becomes a popular toy brand if you move the first letter to the end |