| 100% | PEP | 3 | Word with "rally" or "squad" for a little motivation |
| 59% | LADY | 4 | Word with "bird" or "bug" for a colorful insect |
| 54% | PEP | 3 | Word with rally or talk |
| 54% | PEP | 3 | Word with rally or pill |
| 52% | THU | 3 | Abbr. for a word also with abbrs. by its first four or first five letters |
| 52% | HANDSOME | 8 | Adjective for a good-looking man, or word that starts with an often-gloved body part |
| 52% | CAR | 3 | Word with sports or squad |
| 52% | GEEK | 4 | Word with chic or Squad |
| 49% | FISH | 4 | Little ocean swimmer or a word that goes with 16a, 24a, 34a, 41a, 54a, 22d, 26d, and 48d |
| 49% | PEP | 3 | Word with talk or rally |
| 49% | SALE | 4 | Word with for or white |
| 49% | THAN | 4 | Word with more or less |
| 49% | ATTHE | 5 | Words with earliest or least |
| 49% | HIPPO | 5 | Shortened name for a zoo heavyweight with a scary yawn, or word that starts with the name of a body joint |
| 48% | APP | 3 | Words With Friends or 2048, for example |
| 48% | APP | 3 | Words With Friends or Instagram, for example |
| 47% | ALTO | 4 | Word with "Palo" for a Californian city |
| 47% | APTAGRAM | 8 | Word or phrase whose letters can be rearranged to form another with a similar meaning, such as “moon starer” for “astronomer” |
| 47% | PINA | 4 | Word with Bausch or, with a tilde, colada |
| 47% | SUITE | 5 | Word with "presidential" or "bridal," in a hotel |
| 47% | MELON | 5 | Word with "water" for a juicy summertime fruit |
| 47% | SUB | 3 | Word with "way" for a sandwich restaurant franchise |
| 47% | TOK | 3 | Word with "tik" for a social media app |
| 47% | SEA | 3 | Word with "dead" for a salty, landlocked waterbody |
| 47% | COPA | 4 | Word with "cabana" for a famous Rio beach |
| 46% | TOED | 4 | Word with "two" or "three" to describe a sloth |
| 46% | PEP | 3 | Word with "rally" or "talk" |
| 46% | PORE | 4 | A little hole or opening in the skin for sweating |
| 46% | ADE | 3 | Word with "lemon" or "orange" to mean a refreshing drink |
| 45% | CHICKEN | 7 | Slang for a person with very little courage |