| 100% | ILL | 3 | "___ eat my hat!" |
| 56% | ILEFT | 5 | "___ My Hat in Haiti" (Fred Astaire song) |
| 56% | LIE | 3 | "The dog ate my homework," maybe |
| 56% | LIE | 3 | "The dog ate my homework," probably |
| 56% | EXCUSE | 6 | "The dog ate my homework," perhaps |
| 56% | LIE | 3 | "Dog ate my homework," e.g. |
| 55% | LYLE | 4 | “Don’t Touch My Hat” singer Lovett |
| 54% | LAMEEXCUSE | 10 | "The dog ate my homework," e.g. |
| 54% | EXCUSE | 6 | "The dog ate my homework," e.g. |
| 54% | LIE | 3 | "The dog ate my homework", for example |
| 54% | BEEN | 4 | "Someone's ___ eating my porridge!" ("Goldilocks" line) |
| 54% | LIED | 4 | Said, "The dog ate my homework," probably |
| 54% | ALIBI | 5 | "The dog ate my homework," e.g. |
| 54% | LIE | 3 | "The dog ate my homework," e.g. |
| 53% | HAT | 3 | "If I'm wrong, I'll eat my ___!" |
| 53% | HOMEWORK | 8 | "The dog ate my __!", schoolkid's cliched excuse |
| 52% | LIE | 3 | "The dog ate my homework" is a classic one |
| 52% | LIAR | 4 | Type who might say "The dog ate my homework" |
| 52% | EXCUSE | 6 | "The dog ate my homework" is a sad one |
| 52% | HOMEWORK | 8 | "The dog ate my ___," stereotypical excuse given by students |
| 51% | EXCUSE | 6 | "My dog ate my homework" is one |
| 51% | EXCUSE | 6 | "My dog ate my homework," e.g. |
| 51% | ORSON | 5 | “Horse Eats Hat” director Welles |
| 48% | TET | 3 | Holiday during which hat dua is eaten |
| 48% | PEAS | 4 | “I eat my ___ with honey; I’ve done it all my life” |
| 47% | BOATER | 6 | Undergraduate tore up (and ate part of) hat |
| 46% | MRT | 3 | ''I pity the fool who don't eat my cereal'' guy (c. 1985) |
| 46% | IWIN | 4 | "Eat my dust!" |
| 46% | LIES | 4 | "The check is in the mail" and "The dog ate my homework," famously |
| 46% | TADA | 4 | "And here's that rabbit in my top hat!" |