| 100% | AROSE | 5 | "___ by any other name would smell as sweet..." (Shakespeare line): 2 wds. |
| 86% | AROSE | 5 | "___ by any other name would smell as sweet" (line from "Romeo and Juliet"): 2 wds. |
| 71% | AROSE | 5 | "___ by any other name would smell as sweet" |
| 70% | ROSE | 4 | "A ___ by any other name would smell as sweet" |
| 63% | ROSE | 4 | By any other name it would smell as sweet, per Juliet |
| 56% | ASSWEET | 7 | How a rose by any other name would smell, according to Shakespeare |
| 54% | ANY | 3 | "A rose by ___ other name would smell as sweet" |
| 53% | ANY | 3 | "... ___ other name would smell as sweet": Juliet |
| 53% | ANY | 3 | ... ___ other name would smell as sweet: Juliet |
| 52% | ASSWEET | 7 | A rose by any other name would smell __ |
| 52% | ASSWEET | 7 | How "a rose by any other name would smell" |
| 39% | AROSE | 5 | "___ by any other name" (Shakespeare) |
| 36% | AROSE | 5 | "— by any other name ..." |
| 36% | AROSE | 5 | "___ by any other name ..." |
| 36% | AROSE | 5 | ''__ by any other name . . .'' |
| 35% | ALIAS | 5 | Rose by any other name? |
| 33% | ETTU | 4 | "___, Brute?" (famous Shakespeare line): 2 wds. |
| 31% | AROSE | 5 | "__ by any other nameÉ" |
| 28% | TIEUP | 5 | Monopolize, as a phone line: 2 wds. |
| 27% | USEON | 5 | Hit with, as a pickup line: 2 wds. |
| 27% | TIEUP | 5 | Keep occupied, as a phone line: 2 wds. |
| 26% | MARIAHCAREY | 11 | Singer with 18 #1 Billboard hits, more than any other solo artist since Elvis Presley: 2 wds. |
| 25% | DARTHVADER | 10 | Villain in the "Star Wars" franchise, Anakin Skywalker's other name after he fell to the dark side: 2 wds. |
| 25% | EYECANDY | 8 | Something that looks as good as sweets taste: 2 wds. |
| 24% | FALLSIN | 7 | Takes one's position, as in a line: 2 wds. |
| 24% | ETAL | 4 | And other people as well: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 24% | ROLLSOUT | 8 | Introduces, as a new product line: 2 wds. |
| 24% | REBECCA | 7 | Other name taken by Pocahontas after her baptism |
| 23% | NETINCOME | 9 | Bottom line: 2 wds. |
| 23% | MANOWAR | 7 | 1920 Preakness and Belmont Stakes winner named by ESPN as the greatest American racehorse of the 20th century: 3 wds. |