| 100% | FED | 3 | Word before "up" meaning "annoyed" |
| 73% | SIT | 3 | Word before up or tight |
| 71% | DIAL | 4 | Word before "up" to mean a form of internet access used in the '90s |
| 68% | LET | 3 | Word before go or up |
| 67% | AERO | 4 | Word before 21a meaning an "aircraft" |
| 67% | BYE | 3 | Word before hanging up the phone |
| 67% | ROLE | 4 | Word before "model" to mean ideal |
| 67% | ARM | 3 | Word before "twisting" to mean coercion |
| 66% | PAN | 3 | Words before 32d meaning a breakfast staple |
| 66% | SCREW | 5 | Word before "driver" to mean a tool |
| 65% | HAIR | 4 | Word before 58a meaning a common salon request |
| 65% | WIND | 4 | Word before "chimes" to mean a decorative item |
| 65% | LAWN | 4 | Word before "chair" to mean a backyard seat |
| 65% | SCI | 3 | Word before "fi" to mean a movie genre |
| 64% | TEA | 3 | Word before 33a meaning drinkware partnered with a saucer |
| 64% | GENTLE | 6 | Word before "giant" to mean a mild-natured human |
| 64% | JET | 3 | Word before "lag" to mean a traveler's concern |
| 64% | SEA | 3 | Word before "lion" or "horse" to mean marine creatures |
| 63% | AMEN | 4 | Word said before looking up |
| 62% | VIS | 3 | Word before and after "-a-" to mean "in relation to" |
| 62% | ALMA | 4 | Word before mater to mean college a person went to |
| 62% | HIGH | 4 | Word before "chair" to mean an elevated seating for tots |
| 62% | ARM | 3 | Word before "chair" to mean a couch's close cousin |
| 62% | IDONOT | 6 | Words before "Hook Up" in a Kelly Clarkson song title |
| 61% | GET | 3 | Word before "up" or "out" |
| 61% | WHATS | 5 | Word before "up?" or "new?" |
| 60% | FOLDING | 7 | Word before "chair" to mean a seating option for beaches or camping |
| 60% | AHEAD | 5 | Word meaning "up" that can also follow up |
| 59% | FIRST | 5 | Word before "chair" to mean the leading performer's place in an orchestra |
| 58% | CEDE | 4 | Word meaning "give up control of" that sounds like "seed" |