| 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 |
| Tried to rip | 12 |
| Tried to rip open | 17 |
| Tried to save a sinking boat | 28 |
| Tried to save a sinking ship? | 29 |
| Tried to score | 14 |
| Tried to seduce | 15 |
| Tried to see better | 19 |
| Tried to shed weight | 20 |
| Tried to steal a base | 21 |
| Tried to stop from scoring | 26 |
| Tried to surpass | 16 |
| Tried to tag, perhaps | 21 |
| Tried to thwart | 15 |
| Tried to trap | 13 |
| Tried to wake, in a way | 23 |
| Tried to win | 12 |
| Tried to win over | 17 |
| Tried to win the affection of | 29 |
| Tried too hard, in a way | 24 |
| Tried tripe | 11 |
| Tried very hard | 15 |
| Tried working at an amusement park ride? | 40 |
| Tried working for Poland Springs? | 33 |
| Tried working for Tony Soprano? | 31 |
| Tried's partner | 19 |
| Tried, as patience | 18 |
| Tried, with "at" | 26 |
| Tried-and-true | 14 |
| Tried-true connector | 20 |
| Trier of men's souls | 24 |
| Trier trio | 10 |
| Triers? | 7 |