| 100% | WILL | 4 | "___ & Grace" (sitcom returning to NBC in September) |
| 48% | MATTDAMON | 9 | Oscar-winning American actor who guest starred in NBC sitcom "Will & Grace": 2 wds. |
| 45% | OFFERMAN | 8 | Nick ___, actor who rose to prominence with his role as Ron Swanson in NBC sitcom "Parks and Recreation" |
| 44% | ATEMPO | 6 | Returning to the previous speed, in music |
| 44% | BACKTOFRONT | 11 | Returned to battlefield in the wrong direction |
| 44% | REPRISE | 7 | Return to a theme, as in a symphony |
| 42% | BEHAR | 5 | Joy who returned to "The View" in 2015 |
| 42% | TATE | 4 | Catherine who returned to “Doctor Who” in 2023 |
| 42% | WILL | 4 | "___ & Grace" (1998-2006 NBC sitcom) |
| 42% | WILL | 4 | Grace's friend, in a sitcom |
| 42% | MACAO | 5 | Territory returned to China in 1999 |
| 41% | RAMS | 4 | Football team that returned to Los Angeles in 2016 |
| 41% | JON | 3 | Stewart who returned to "The Daily Show" in 2024 |
| 41% | OWE | 3 | In obligation to repay something in return |
| 41% | MYNAMEISEARL | 12 | Introduction in an NBC sitcom |
| 41% | MONSOONSEASON | 13 | June to September, in India |
| 41% | POE | 3 | ___ Returning to Boston, statue built in honor of "The Raven" poet |
| 40% | RENO | 4 | "___ 911!" (cop show that returned to Comedy Central in 2022) |
| 40% | DRYSEASON | 9 | April to September, in southern Africa |
| 40% | LIKE | 4 | Similar to returning in little kilt |
| 40% | KLUM | 4 | "Project Runway" host Heidi who returned to the show in 2025 |
| 40% | REWILDING | 9 | Returning an area to its natural state, in conservation |
| 39% | SELL | 4 | To exchange something with someone in return for money |
| 39% | FRASIER | 7 | 1993-2004 NBC sitcom set in Seattle |
| 39% | HONGKONG | 8 | British colony returned to China in 1997 |
| 39% | HONGKONG | 8 | British protectorate returned to China in 1999 |
| 39% | CHEERS | 6 | NBC sitcom that is set in a bar in Boston "where everybody knows your name," that ran from 1982 to 1993 |
| 39% | CHEERS | 6 | NBC sitcom set in a bar that starred Ted Danson |
| 39% | NINE | 4 | Number repeated after "Brooklyn" in an NBC sitcom |
| 39% | PINE | 4 | Long for sleuth to return in French style |