| 100% | PULL | 4 | Word ignored while trying unsuccessfully to push open a door, perhaps |
| 37% | PAWED | 5 | Tried to open, as a pet door |
| 35% | ADMIT | 5 | Open a door to |
| 30% | PRY | 3 | Try to open, in a way |
| 30% | RIPAT | 5 | Try to open, as a gift |
| 30% | HOPUP | 5 | Words said while patting a stool, perhaps |
| 30% | HERE | 4 | Word said while pointing to a map |
| 30% | UGLY | 4 | Word to describe a Christmas sweater, perhaps |
| 30% | DAB | 3 | Try to get a stain out, perhaps |
| 30% | INOROUT | 7 | Words to a pet at the door |
| 30% | SEEME | 5 | Words next to a bad grade, perhaps |
| 30% | LIST | 4 | React to a push, perhaps |
| 30% | SHOO | 4 | Word to a fly, perhaps |
| 30% | HINGES | 6 | Metal parts that enable a door to open and close |
| 29% | GOPOTTY | 7 | Words to a 1-Across while 2-Down |
| 29% | NICESHOT | 8 | Words to a hole-in-one maker, perhaps |
| 29% | PUSH | 4 | One way to open a door |
| 29% | PRY | 3 | Try to open a jar, say |
| 29% | SEENIT | 6 | Words repeated while scrolling through a Netflix list, perhaps |
| 29% | STY | 3 | Word to describe a messy teen's room, perhaps |
| 29% | GETIN | 5 | Command while holding a car door open |
| 29% | ALLEY | 5 | What a back door may open to |
| 29% | ATBAT | 5 | Trying to avoid a strike, perhaps |
| 29% | RIPSAT | 6 | Excitedly tries to open, as a gift |
| 29% | PRIED | 5 | Tried to force open with a crowbar |
| 29% | VEERS | 5 | Tries to avoid a bump, perhaps |
| 29% | SLID | 4 | Tried to steal a base, perhaps |
| 29% | BLEW | 4 | Tried to extinguish a flame, perhaps |
| 29% | SHUTTER | 7 | Doors of a camera lens that open to control light |
| 29% | KEYS | 4 | Ringful on a belt, used to open doors |