| 100% | ETTU | 4 | Words to one assumed to be an ally |
| 53% | IDO | 3 | Words from one about to be committed: 2 wds. |
| 51% | SEATFILLER | 10 | One paid to be in an audience |
| 51% | LSAT | 4 | Exam to clear, if one aspires to be an attorney |
| 48% | DECADE | 6 | An era may be confined to one |
| 47% | SERVICELIST | 11 | Ones to whom an organization's messages are sent |
| 46% | CALLME | 6 | Words mouthed while holding an imaginary phone to one's ear |
| 46% | ENT | 3 | Doc one might be referred to by an audiologist |
| 45% | ODE | 3 | One might be written to an idol |
| 45% | ROPE | 4 | One might be tied to an anchor |
| 45% | KEPT | 4 | Was true to, as one's word |
| 45% | LEIDETECTORTEST | 15 | One way to know if an employee has secretly been to Hawaii? |
| 45% | BALLOONANIMAL | 13 | A snake might be an especially easy one to make |
| 45% | RULE | 4 | A "golden" one is an especially good thing to follow |
| 45% | POPSICLE | 8 | Frozen treat that is assumed to be a portmanteau of the words "pop" and "icicle" |
| 44% | NOMOPHOBIA | 10 | Word coined to refer to the fear of being without one’s cellphone |
| 44% | ELECT | 5 | Word whose meaning remains unchanged when an "s" is added to the front |
| 44% | EYEMASK | 7 | One might be found next to a neck pillow in an airport shop |
| 44% | WITHHOLDINGCONSENT | 18 | Agreement for an amount to be taken from one's salary? |
| 43% | SHEET | 5 | One might be worn to an Anything But Clothes party |
| 43% | ORAL | 4 | Like an exam where one is expected to talk |
| 42% | TAKESFOR | 8 | Assumes to be |
| 42% | EVER | 4 | Word whose opposite is formed by attaching an n to the beginning |
| 42% | YES | 3 | Word that someone who gets on one knee is hoping to hear |
| 42% | YELP | 4 | Crowd-sourced review site that is assumed to be a portmanteau of the words "yellow pages" and "the help" |
| 42% | SUSPICION | 9 | 1941 Hitchcock film that was the only one he directed to win an acting Oscar |
| 42% | XXXXXXX | 7 | Assumed to be true |
| 42% | POSITS | 6 | Assumes to be true |
| 42% | SUPPOSE | 7 | Assume to be true |
| 42% | POSIT | 5 | Assume to be true |