| 100% | CREATURE | 8 | "___ from the Black Lagoon" |
| 93% | DDDMONSTERMOVIE | 15 | "Creature From the Black Lagoon," e.g. |
| 93% | SWAMPMONSTER | 12 | Creature from the Black Lagoon, e.g. |
| 69% | LAGOON | 6 | "Creature from the Black ___" |
| 68% | ODESSA | 6 | Sight from the Black Sea |
| 67% | LAGOON | 6 | 1954 film, Creature from the Black __ |
| 66% | LAGOON | 6 | Creature from the Black __, 1954 horror film |
| 61% | DEVEIN | 6 | To remove the black filament from prawns |
| 58% | RUBY | 4 | ___ Rose, actress from the series "Orange Is the New Black" |
| 58% | WAKANDA | 7 | The fictional country where Black Panther is from |
| 58% | BAGHEERA | 8 | Black panther from Kipling's The Jungle Book |
| 57% | RINSO | 5 | "I'm ___ white" (lyric from the "Hair" song "I'm Black") |
| 55% | LORI | 4 | Actress Petty from "Orange Is The New Black" |
| 55% | LAURA | 5 | Actress ___ Prepon from "Orange Is the New Black" |
| 54% | ITSAZOO | 7 | Comment from someone exiting the mall on Black Friday |
| 54% | USARMY | 6 | Mil. branch the Black Knights serve in after graduation from West Point (2 wds.) |
| 51% | OOLONG | 6 | Word from the Chinese for “black dragon” |
| 51% | TIGER | 5 | Athlete from Princeton (appropriately, as the school colors are orange and black) |
| 50% | OIL | 3 | "Black gold" from the Middle East? |
| 49% | GETGO | 5 | From the ___ |
| 49% | NAZGUL | 6 | Group of nine humans who are also known as the Black Riders from "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 49% | BOOMBOOMPOW | 11 | The Black Eyed Peas song from "The E.N.D." with the lyric, "Y'all hear the spaceship zoom" (3 wds.) |
| 48% | TIANA | 5 | First black Disney princess, from "The Princess and the Frog" (2009) |
| 48% | EDWARD | 6 | The Black Prince |
| 48% | OIL | 3 | The black gold |
| 48% | EYED | 4 | The Black ___ Peas |
| 48% | PEAS | 4 | The Black Eyed ____ |
| 48% | LIFTMEUP | 8 | 2022 Rihanna hit from the "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" soundtrack: 3 wds. |
| 48% | ANEW | 4 | From the top |