| 100% | DONTHATEME | 10 | Words sometimes preceding a tough message |
| 44% | USEBY | 5 | Words always preceding a date |
| 44% | INOMINATE | 9 | Words that precede a nod? |
| 44% | GUILTY | 6 | Word that precedes a sentence? |
| 43% | ALAS | 4 | Word sometimes said with a tear |
| 43% | SIC | 3 | Word sometimes accompanying a written quote |
| 43% | NEE | 3 | Word that precedes a maiden name |
| 42% | BLOUSE | 6 | Word sometimes used for a woman's shirt |
| 41% | IDO | 3 | Words preceding a kiss |
| 41% | THATIS | 6 | Words preceding a clarification |
| 41% | ERGO | 4 | Word preceding a conclusion |
| 41% | NEE | 3 | Word preceding a maiden name |
| 41% | ACHOO | 5 | Word preceding a blessing, perhaps |
| 40% | EXIT | 4 | Word over a door, sometimes |
| 40% | IQUOTE | 6 | Words preceding a speaker's citation |
| 40% | NEE | 3 | Word preceding a Mrs.' birth name |
| 40% | ALERT | 5 | Word often preceded by a color |
| 39% | IDO | 3 | Words preceding a kiss, perhaps: 2 wds. |
| 39% | IDO | 3 | Words preceding a wedding kiss: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TROPIC | 6 | Word preceding "of Capricorn" on a globe |
| 39% | SEEME | 5 | Message sometimes printed below a low grade |
| 39% | ITSAGIFT | 8 | Words that might precede ". . . and a curse" |
| 39% | SENT | 4 | Word of confirmation on a messaging app |
| 39% | UNTO | 4 | Word that sometimes precedes itself |
| 39% | ACROSTIC | 8 | Word puzzle with a message |
| 38% | ERA | 3 | Word often preceded by a leader's name |
| 38% | ONCE | 4 | Word that precedes "upon a time" in stories |
| 38% | SEEN | 4 | Word before a time stamp in direct messaging |
| 38% | AMEN | 4 | Last word in a hymn, sometimes |
| 38% | IDO | 3 | Words preceding a kiss at the altar: 2 wds. |