| 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 |
| Word before a backward R | 24 |
| Word before 1 or 2 | 18 |
| Word before "You're killing me!" | 46 |
| Word before "you're it" | 37 |
| Word before "You're it!" | 38 |
| Word before "worm" | 28 |
| Word before "Who goes there?" | 39 |
| Word before "whiz" or "willikers" | 53 |
| Word before "whatever," in a 1956 hit | 47 |
| Word before "whatever" or "right" | 53 |
| Word before "were" | 28 |
| Word before "verily" in the Bible | 43 |
| Word before "transit" or "fire" | 51 |
| Word before "tower" or "Coast" | 50 |
| Word before "thou," sometimes | 39 |
| Word before "thou" | 28 |
| Word before "the season to be jolly" | 46 |
| Word before "that" or "there" | 49 |
| Word before "That's gotta hurt!" | 46 |
| Word before "sweet land of liberty" | 45 |
| Word before "sum" | 27 |
| Word before "special" on a menu | 41 |
| Word before "spaces," in geometry | 43 |
| Word before "Sopranos" and "Leftovers" | 58 |
| Word before "so" or "not" | 45 |
| Word before "so!" and "not!" | 48 |
| Word before "sister" or "brother" | 53 |
| Word before "singer" or "guitar" | 52 |
| Word before "set, go!" | 32 |
| Word before "second," "hour" or "mile" | 68 |
| Word before "Scott" or "Caesar's ghost" | 63 |
| Word before "sayer" | 29 |
| Word before "rod" or "staff," in Psalms | 59 |
| Word before "rain," "heat" and "gloom of night" in a postal creed | 95 |
| Word before "put" or "tuned" | 48 |
| Word before "Puffs" or "Krispies" | 53 |
| Word before "Pizza" or "River," in films | 60 |
| Word before "Pizza" or "River," in film | 59 |
| Word before "pittance" | 32 |
| Word before "pattern" or "pilot" | 52 |
| Word before "on a Grecian" in a Keats poem title | 58 |
| Word before "of silence" or "of poverty" | 60 |
| Word before "of nails" or "of roses" | 56 |
| Word before "of health" or "of directors" | 61 |
| Word before "my word" | 31 |
| Word before "mother" or "lively" | 52 |
| Word before "Morgen" or "Tag" | 49 |
| Word before "more" and "merrier" | 52 |
| Word before "Monty Python's Flying Circus" | 56 |
| Word before "Mongolia" | 32 |
| Word before "module" or "landscape" | 55 |
| Word before "media" or "exodus" | 51 |
| Word before "meant to be" | 35 |
| Word before "loves me" and "loves me not" | 61 |
| Word before "lively" | 30 |
| Word before "little" or "late" | 50 |
| Word before "little" and "late" | 51 |
| Word before "light" or "sound" | 50 |
| Word before "Liftoff!" | 32 |
| Word before "Lanka" | 29 |
| Word before "knows," "hurts," and "dance now," in various song titles | 99 |
| Word before "juris" or "generis" | 52 |
| Word before "in sickness and in health" | 49 |
| Word before "in a galaxy far, far away" | 49 |
| Word before "ignition ... liftoff!" | 45 |
| Word before "I told you so!" | 38 |
| Word before "I don't know" | 40 |
| Word before "humor" or "will" | 49 |
| Word before "hop" or "slippers" | 51 |
| Word before "Happy New Year!"? | 40 |
| Word before "happiness," "majesty" and "fame" at the start of a Shelley poem | 106 |
| Word before "hangs a tale" | 36 |
| Word before "hand" or "rags" | 48 |
| Word before "group" or "pressure" | 53 |
| Word before "gossip" or "chatter" | 53 |
| Word before "go" | 26 |
| Word before "Go!" | 27 |
| Word before "fund" or "one's bets" | 58 |
| Word before "forth" or "aside" | 50 |
| Word before "firma" | 29 |