| 100% | HALPH/F | 7 | Word before and after an ampersand, in the grocery |
| 63% | SIR | 3 | Word before and after yes, in the military |
| 62% | SIR | 3 | Word before and after "yes," in the Army |
| 60% | HEAVEHO | 7 | Words before and after "my lads" in the United States Merchant Marine anthem |
| 57% | ITSME | 5 | Words before and after "hi, I'm the problem" in Taylor Swift's "Anti-Hero" |
| 54% | STATE | 5 | Word before and after "of the" |
| 52% | ASHES | 5 | Word before and after "to," in a religious phrase |
| 52% | SPY | 3 | Word before and after "vs." in a Mad feature |
| 52% | MANO | 4 | Word before and after a, in a fighting style |
| 51% | MEASURE | 7 | Word before and after "for" in a Shakespeare play title |
| 51% | NYET | 4 | Word before and after "Tovarich" in a "Doctor Zhivago" number |
| 51% | TOBE | 4 | Words before and after "or not" in a Shakespeare quote |
| 50% | ALL | 3 | Word before and after "in" |
| 50% | ARM | 3 | Word before and after "in" |
| 47% | VIS | 3 | Word before and after "-a-" to mean "in relation to" |
| 47% | YOUNG | 5 | Word before "Sheldon" and "Rock" in the names of sitcoms |
| 47% | GOTNO | 5 | Words before "diamond" and "pearl" in an Irving Berlin song |
| 47% | SUCH | 4 | Word found before and after "and," in a phrase |
| 46% | COM | 3 | Word after the "dot" in an internet address |
| 46% | FIRST | 5 | Word before "chair" to mean the leading performer's place in an orchestra |
| 45% | DAY | 3 | Word before and after "after" |
| 45% | SUCH | 4 | Word before and after "and" |
| 45% | HOPE | 4 | Word before and after "against" |
| 45% | MAN | 3 | Word before and after "oh" |
| 45% | ASHES | 5 | Word before and after "to" |
| 45% | END | 3 | Word before and after "over" |
| 45% | TETE | 4 | Word before and after "à" |
| 45% | MANO | 4 | Word before and after "a" |
| 45% | NEVER | 5 | Word before and after say |
| 45% | SIR | 3 | Word before and after "yes" |