| 100% | ANDUP | 5 | Words often after the lowest-priced in a series of items |
| 57% | FOR | 3 | Word often seen in the lower left corner of a check |
| 48% | IDO | 3 | Words often said in front of a justice of the peace (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ADO | 3 | Word after "Much" in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 44% | GIMME | 5 | Word repeated thrice in the title of a 1979 ABBA song that asks for "A Man After Midnight" |
| 44% | ANGUS | 5 | Beef variety ridiculed in a series of Jack in the Box ads |
| 43% | NATE | 4 | ___ the Great (detective in a series of children's books) |
| 43% | IDO | 3 | Words often said in front of a priest |
| 42% | STAIRCASE | 9 | Series of steps, often elegant, in a grand house |
| 42% | WARS | 4 | Word after “Trade” and “Class,” in the title of a 2020 book on how economic inequality threatens international peace |
| 42% | IDO | 3 | Words often said in front of a priest (2 wds.) |
| 42% | HENCE | 5 | Word often seen at the beginning of a conclusion (therefore...) |
| 41% | CASCA | 5 | Roman soldier in a series of novels by Barry Sadler beginning with 1979's The Eternal Mercenary |
| 41% | ISON | 4 | A couple of words after the race |
| 41% | PER | 3 | Word in the middle of a rate |
| 41% | LEAUD | 5 | Jean-Pierre —, actor who starred as Antoine Doinel in a series of films including 1959's The 400 Blows |
| 40% | TABORET | 7 | Low stool in the shape of a drum |
| 40% | NET | 3 | Item in the middle of a volleyball court |
| 40% | GUESTBOOK | 9 | Item in the lobby of a country inn |
| 40% | NET | 3 | Item in the middle of a badminton court |
| 40% | SCENT | 5 | Word in the title of a Pacino film |
| 40% | ALAI | 4 | Word in the name of a pelota game |
| 40% | ASS | 3 | Word in the etymology of a ''silly'' synonym |
| 40% | LABOURS | 7 | Word in the title of a Shakespeare comedy |
| 40% | FREE | 4 | Word in the middle of a bingo card |
| 40% | BABAR | 5 | "King of the elephants" in a series of children's books |
| 40% | ASA | 3 | Words in the middle of a simile: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ONATHEME | 8 | Words in the title of a composer's homage |
| 40% | NET | 3 | Item in the middle of a Ping-Pong table |
| 40% | NET | 3 | Item in the center of a Ping-Pong table |