| 100% | MEASURE | 7 | Word before and after "for" in a Shakespeare play title |
| 71% | TOBE | 4 | Words before and after "or not" in a Shakespeare quote |
| 64% | WAVE | 4 | Ocean-related word before and after "on" for the title of a Pat Green song, mentioning a surfer's ride |
| 63% | ASHES | 5 | Word before and after "to," in a religious phrase |
| 63% | SPY | 3 | Word before and after "vs." in a Mad feature |
| 63% | NYET | 4 | Word before and after "Tovarich" in a "Doctor Zhivago" number |
| 62% | MANO | 4 | Word before and after a, in a fighting style |
| 60% | LAY | 3 | Word before or after "Lady" in a Dylan title |
| 59% | ADO | 3 | Word after "Much" in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 57% | ERIN | 4 | Place name before and after "Oh" in a Thomas Moore title |
| 56% | SUCH | 4 | Word found before and after "and," in a phrase |
| 55% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "commotion" that appears in a Shakespeare play's title |
| 54% | IAM | 3 | Words before and after "what" for Popeye |
| 53% | SIR | 3 | Word before and after "yes," in the Army |
| 53% | SIR | 3 | Word before and after yes, in the military |
| 53% | HALPH/F | 7 | Word before and after an ampersand, in the grocery |
| 53% | ABOUT | 5 | Word before "Schmidt" and "a Boy" in movie titles |
| 52% | VIS | 3 | Word before and after "-a-" to mean "in relation to" |
| 52% | SOHUMAN | 7 | Words before "a Brain" and "an Animal" in book titles |
| 51% | MEASURE | 7 | Word before and after "for" |
| 51% | ANEYE | 5 | Words before and after "for" |
| 51% | LEAR | 4 | Title king in a Shakespeare play |
| 51% | HEAVEHO | 7 | Words before and after "my lads" in the United States Merchant Marine anthem |
| 50% | GIMME | 5 | Word repeated thrice in the title of a 1979 ABBA song that asks for "A Man After Midnight" |
| 50% | ADO | 3 | Word in a Shakespeare title |
| 50% | ALL | 3 | Word before and after "in" |
| 50% | ARM | 3 | Word before and after "in" |
| 50% | TETE | 4 | Word before and after "à" |
| 50% | MANO | 4 | Word before and after "a" |
| 50% | VIS | 3 | Word before and after "à" |