| 100% | NYET | 4 | Word before and after "Tovarich" in a "Doctor Zhivago" number |
| 64% | ASHES | 5 | Word before and after "to," in a religious phrase |
| 64% | SPY | 3 | Word before and after "vs." in a Mad feature |
| 64% | MEASURE | 7 | Word before and after "for" in a Shakespeare play title |
| 63% | MANO | 4 | Word before and after a, in a fighting style |
| 62% | TOBE | 4 | Words before and after "or not" in a Shakespeare quote |
| 57% | SUCH | 4 | Word found before and after "and," in a phrase |
| 54% | SIR | 3 | Word before and after "yes," in the Army |
| 54% | SIR | 3 | Word before and after yes, in the military |
| 54% | HALPH/F | 7 | Word before and after an ampersand, in the grocery |
| 53% | VIS | 3 | Word before and after "-a-" to mean "in relation to" |
| 51% | HEAVEHO | 7 | Words before and after "my lads" in the United States Merchant Marine anthem |
| 51% | ALL | 3 | Word before and after "in" |
| 51% | ARM | 3 | Word before and after "in" |
| 51% | TETE | 4 | Word before and after "à" |
| 51% | MANO | 4 | Word before and after "a" |
| 51% | VIS | 3 | Word before and after "à" |
| 51% | LAY | 3 | Word before or after "Lady" in a Dylan title |
| 50% | ITSME | 5 | Words before and after "hi, I'm the problem" in Taylor Swift's "Anti-Hero" |
| 49% | VIS | 3 | French word before and after "à" |
| 49% | VIS | 3 | French word before and after "a" |
| 49% | ERIN | 4 | Place name before and after "Oh" in a Thomas Moore title |
| 47% | ANTIPHON | 8 | Short text sung before and after a psalm or canticle in Christian liturgical music |
| 47% | NOR | 3 | Word before "rain," "heat" and "gloom of night" in a postal creed |
| 47% | WAVE | 4 | Ocean-related word before and after "on" for the title of a Pat Green song, mentioning a surfer's ride |
| 46% | EATNO | 5 | Words before fat and lean, in a nursery rhyme |
| 46% | DAY | 3 | Word before and after "after" |
| 46% | SUCH | 4 | Word before and after "and" |
| 46% | HOPE | 4 | Word before and after "against" |
| 46% | MAN | 3 | Word before and after "oh" |