| Tried it | 8 |
| Tried mightily | 14 |
| Tried one's hand | 20 |
| Tried one's hand (at) | 25 |
| Tried out | 9 |
| Tried out again | 15 |
| Tried out at an Air Force base | 30 |
| Tried out for "American Idol" | 39 |
| Tried out, as a product | 23 |
| Tried out, perhaps | 18 |
| Tried partner? | 14 |
| Tried pot luck? | 15 |
| Tried some wordplay | 19 |
| Tried something new | 19 |
| Tried something out | 19 |
| Tried tentatively | 17 |
| Tried the slots | 15 |
| Tried the soup | 14 |
| Tried the TV scene again | 24 |
| Tried to ascertain the presence of, as drugs | 44 |
| Tried to attack | 15 |
| Tried to avoid a tag | 20 |
| Tried to avoid a tag, maybe | 27 |
| Tried to avoid arrest, say | 26 |
| Tried to avoid the tag | 22 |
| Tried to bean | 13 |
| Tried to beat the tag | 21 |
| Tried to bring down | 19 |
| Tried to buy | 12 |
| Tried to buy at auction | 23 |
| Tried to buzz off of a fertilizer ingredient? | 45 |
| Tried to catch | 14 |
| Tried to catch a conger | 23 |
| Tried to catch morays | 21 |
| Tried to catch one's breath | 31 |
| Tried to claw | 13 |
| Tried to claw open | 18 |
| Tried to collect unemployment benefits, say | 43 |
| Tried to contact | 16 |
| Tried to contact home, in a way | 31 |
| Tried to convince | 17 |
| Tried to cool, perhaps | 22 |
| Tried to cope (with) | 20 |
| Tried to date, with "out" | 35 |
| Tried to equal or excel | 23 |
| Tried to equal or surpass | 25 |
| Tried to escape | 15 |
| Tried to fill an inside straight, e.g. | 38 |
| Tried to find | 13 |
| Tried to find out | 17 |
| Tried to get | 12 |
| Tried to get a hold of, in a way | 32 |
| Tried to get a seat | 19 |
| Tried to get back at | 20 |
| Tried to get elected | 20 |
| Tried to get hits | 17 |
| Tried to get hold of | 20 |
| Tried to get home, maybe | 24 |
| Tried to get into Guinness by gobbling hot dogs? | 48 |
| Tried to get money from, say | 28 |
| Tried to get some answers | 25 |
| Tried to get the ball close to the hole without going past, in golf | 67 |
| Tried to hit | 12 |
| Tried to hit a baseball | 23 |
| Tried to hit in paintball | 25 |
| Tried to hit one out of the park | 32 |
| Tried to hit, in dialect | 24 |
| Tried to improve | 16 |
| Tried to influence | 18 |
| Tried to influence with talk | 28 |
| Tried to keep one's seat | 28 |
| Tried to keep up | 16 |
| Tried to kill, as a fly | 23 |
| Tried to land | 13 |
| Tried to look smart | 19 |
| Tried to lose | 13 |
| Tried to lose on purpose? | 25 |
| Tried to lose weight | 20 |
| Tried to lose, in a way | 23 |
| Tried to lose? | 14 |
| Tried to make a basket | 22 |
| Tried to make a new connection | 30 |
| Tried to make a pledge of | 25 |
| Tried to make it home, say | 26 |
| Tried to make up time | 21 |
| Tried to move silently, say | 27 |
| Tried to nip | 12 |
| Tried to obtain, as a public office | 35 |
| Tried to open | 13 |
| Tried to outdo | 14 |
| Tried to outrun | 15 |
| Tried to pass the bar? | 22 |
| Tried to persuade | 17 |
| Tried to pick up | 16 |
| Tried to put out, as a fire | 27 |
| Tried to reach | 14 |
| Tried to reach higher | 21 |
| Tried to reach, as a doctor | 27 |
| Tried to reach, in a way | 24 |
| Tried to remember, in a way | 27 |