| Word before beer or dodger | 26 |
| Word before beer or canal | 25 |
| Word before beaucoup | 20 |
| Word before beat or heat | 24 |
| Word before bear or shift | 25 |
| Word before bear or bond | 24 |
| Word before battery or energy | 29 |
| Word before bath or delight | 27 |
| Word before basin or wave | 25 |
| Word before basin or pool | 25 |
| Word before bar or menu | 23 |
| Word before bar or box | 22 |
| Word before band or ring | 24 |
| Word before ball or driver | 26 |
| Word before ball or card | 24 |
| Word before ball | 16 |
| Word before Baker | 17 |
| Word before bail or sail | 24 |
| Word before bag or chest | 24 |
| Word before bad or late | 23 |
| Word before bad news | 20 |
| Word before back or bridge | 26 |
| Word before back | 16 |
| Word before baby or bonnet | 26 |
| Word before away | 16 |
| Word before avis | 16 |
| Word before arts or law | 23 |
| Word before artist | 18 |
| Word before art or music | 24 |
| Word before arrow or heart | 26 |
| Word before Army or ant | 23 |
| Word before apple or bird | 25 |
| Word before and after say | 25 |
| Word before and after against | 29 |
| Word before and after "yes" | 37 |
| Word before and after "yeah" | 38 |
| Word before and after "will be" | 41 |
| Word before and after "vs." in a Mad feature | 54 |
| Word before and after "Tovarich" in a "Doctor Zhivago" number | 81 |
| Word before and after "to," in a religious phrase | 59 |
| Word before and after "to" | 36 |
| Word before and after "things" | 40 |
| Word before and after "Sweet," in a Kraftwerk song title | 66 |
| Word before and after "over" | 38 |
| Word before and after "oh" | 36 |
| Word before and after "of the" | 40 |
| Word before and after "Lady," in song | 47 |
| Word before and after "in" | 36 |
| Word before and after "Forrest" | 41 |
| Word before and after "for" in a Shakespeare play title | 65 |
| Word before and after "for" | 37 |
| Word before and after "de la" | 39 |
| Word before and after "by," "on," or "to" | 71 |
| Word before and after "and" | 37 |
| Word before and after "against" | 41 |
| Word before and after "after" | 39 |
| Word before and after "a" | 35 |
| Word before and after ''will be'' | 49 |
| Word before and after ''to'' | 44 |
| Word before and after ''and'' | 45 |
| Word before and after ''-a-'' | 45 |
| Word before anchor | 18 |
| Word before an old name | 23 |
| Word before an explanation, sometimes | 37 |
| Word before an explanation | 26 |
| Word before an amount on a bill | 31 |
| Word before an alternate spelling in a dictionary | 49 |
| Word before an advice columnist's name | 42 |
| Word before alternate spellings | 31 |
| Word before alligator | 21 |
| Word before alcohol or aldehyde | 31 |
| Word before Alamos or Angeles | 29 |
| Word before Age or cage | 23 |
| Word before after? | 18 |
| Word before after | 17 |
| Word before ad | 14 |
| Word before across or down | 26 |
| Word before acetate or alcohol | 30 |
| Word before Abner and after Diamond | 35 |
| Word before a verb, maybe | 25 |
| Word before a splat | 19 |
| Word before a snap | 18 |
| Word before a sentence | 22 |
| Word before a sale price | 24 |
| Word before a price | 19 |
| Word before A or T | 18 |
| Word before A or B | 18 |
| Word before a maiden name, often | 32 |
| Word before a maiden name in wedding announcements | 50 |
| Word before a maiden name | 25 |
| Word before a lot of shouting and kissing, this Friday night | 60 |
| Word before a hike | 18 |
| Word before a former name | 25 |
| Word before a dropped maiden name | 33 |
| Word before a discounted price, perhaps | 39 |
| Word before a discounted price | 30 |
| Word before a coveted cup | 25 |
| Word before a conclusion | 24 |
| Word before a colon | 19 |
| Word before a bargain price | 27 |