| 100% | ATTA | 4 | "___ boy!" ("Nice work!") |
| 73% | SINECURE | 8 | Nice work if you can get it |
| 63% | BURNA | 5 | __ Boy, Nigerian rapper, worked with Ed Sheeran |
| 61% | HIS | 3 | “A Boy and ___ Dog” (Harlan Ellison work) |
| 61% | HES | 3 | "I'll Bet ___ Nice" (Beach Boys song) |
| 60% | GREATSTUFF | 10 | "Nice work!" |
| 60% | GREATJOB | 8 | "Nice work!" |
| 60% | WAYTOGO | 7 | “Nice work!” |
| 60% | GOODJOB | 7 | "Nice work!" |
| 60% | GOODSTUFF | 9 | "Nice work!" |
| 60% | VERYGOOD | 8 | "Nice work!" |
| 58% | ATTA | 4 | "___ boy!" ("Nice going!") |
| 57% | PLAY | 4 | "All work and no ___ makes Jack a dull boy" |
| 57% | MOONLIGHTSON | 12 | Unfinished Beethoven work a.k.a. "Dracula's Boy"? |
| 57% | THEPORTRAITOFALAD | 17 | Unfinished Henry James work about Gainsborough's "Blue Boy"? |
| 57% | MAKES | 5 | All work and no play ____ Jack a dull boy |
| 57% | PLAY | 4 | "All work and no___ makes Jack a dull boy" |
| 56% | LODGE | 5 | "Nice Work" novelist David |
| 56% | ATTABOY | 7 | "Nice work, little fella!" |
| 54% | OLE | 3 | "Nice work!," at a bullfight |
| 54% | SHABBY | 6 | "Not too ___!" ("Nice work!") |
| 53% | CAN | 3 | "Nice work if you ___ get it!" |
| 53% | GET | 3 | "Nice work if you can ___ it" |
| 52% | ITRY | 4 | Modest reply to "Nice work!" |
| 52% | ITRY | 4 | Humble reply to "Nice work!" |
| 52% | NAUMAN | 6 | Bruce —, US artist whose works include 1985 installation Good Boy Bad Boy |
| 50% | NERDS | 5 | “Be nice to ___. You may end up working for them”: Charles J. Sykes |
| 50% | VETTRIANO | 9 | Jack —, Scottish artist whose works include The Singing Butler and The Billy Boys |
| 49% | IFYOU | 5 | "Nice Work __ Can Get It": 2012 Broadway musical |
| 46% | HENTY | 5 | G A —, boys' adventure story writer whose works include 1884's With Clive in India |