| 100% | ARISE | 5 | "_____, shine; for thy light is come...": Isaiah |
| 100% | ARISE | 5 | "___, shine; for thy light is come...": Isaiah |
| 41% | RAINED | 6 | Was coming down in buckets, for example |
| 39% | GATHERING | 9 | When people are coming together for an occasion |
| 36% | EPS | 3 | The Time of Our Lives and She Is Coming, for Miley Cyrus |
| 35% | EPITAPH | 7 | "The best is yet to come," for Frank Sinatra |
| 34% | PSALM | 5 | "The Lord is my light and my salvation ...," for one |
| 34% | LAVA | 4 | ___ lamp (novelty lighting that Baby Boomers might be nostalgic for) |
| 33% | HAMLET | 6 | Where the phrase "To thine own self be true" comes from |
| 33% | SCORN | 5 | "Teach not thy lip such ___, for it was made for kissing": Shak. |
| 33% | MEUM | 4 | First word in Greek for 'what is mine and what is thine' |
| 33% | BALSA | 5 | Tree of tropical America whose very light wood is used for modelling |
| 33% | TEEN | 4 | What Justin Bieber was when his first album came out, for short |
| 32% | MALTA | 5 | Country whose name is believed to come from ancient Greek for "honey-sweet" |
| 32% | RAY | 3 | "___ of Light," 1998 song by Madonna that was nominated for three Grammy Awards |
| 31% | ORB | 3 | Another word for a sphere, such as the Sun, which is an ___ of light |
| 31% | TEARS | 5 | "___ Are Not Enough," 1985 charity single by Northern Lights to raise funds for the Ethiopian famine |
| 30% | LUX | 3 | Unit whose name is Latin for "light" |
| 30% | YOURBREATH | 10 | Riddle-de-dee: What's light as a feather but can't be held for long? |
| 30% | CLAP | 4 | One way to put your lights out, for those of us who are into weird gizmos |
| 30% | ADAY | 4 | "There will come ___ ..." |
| 30% | ELSE | 4 | "Who ___ is coming?" |
| 30% | ELSE | 4 | "Who __ is coming?" |
| 29% | UNTO | 4 | "For ___ us a child is born" (quote from Isaiah) |
| 29% | CALVINHARRIS | 12 | Scottish EDM DJ who had a 2016 hit with "This Is What You Came For": 2 wds. |
| 29% | HALTER | 6 | Piece of backless attire whose name comes from the Germanic for "that by which anything is held" |
| 29% | CANDLE | 6 | Light is able to use LED |
| 29% | YON | 3 | "__ light is not daylight": Juliet |
| 29% | ASNO | 4 | "It will come ___ surprise" |
| 29% | ASNO | 4 | "It will come ___ surprise …" |