| 100% | BOSS | 4 | "___ of Me" (They Might Be Giants song featured on "Malcolm in the Middle") |
| 68% | BOSS | 4 | "___ of Me," 2001 song by They Might Be Giants and theme song of the family sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle" |
| 47% | FRANKIEMUNIZ | 12 | "Malcolm in the Middle" actor who was a finalist on season 25 of "Dancing with the Stars" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | LEMONS | 6 | They may be on the verge of a breakdown |
| 45% | REESE | 5 | Brother of Malcolm on "Malcolm in the Middle" |
| 44% | STEVIEWONDER | 12 | "Songs in the Key of Life" singer-songwriter who was born on May 13, 1950 (2 wds.) |
| 44% | ANANG | 5 | Title character of a 1988 They Might Be Giants song |
| 44% | SWEDISHROCK | 11 | *Genre that may be featured in the Eurovision Song Contest |
| 44% | REESE | 5 | Older brother of Malcolm on "Malcolm in the Middle" |
| 44% | AXLES | 5 | Highway tolls may be based on the number of them |
| 42% | EMS | 3 | They can be seen in the middle of summer |
| 42% | CATTOYS | 7 | Gifts that might be ignored in favor of the cardboard boxes they came in |
| 42% | RAREFORM | 8 | What an athlete may be in when they’re at the top of their game |
| 41% | NOWHERE | 7 | You may be lost in the middle of it |
| 41% | ARENA | 5 | A court may be in the middle of one |
| 41% | MYGALSAL | 8 | In song she was "a wild sort of devil, but dead on the level" |
| 41% | REESE | 5 | One of Malcolm's older brothers on "Malcolm in the Middle" |
| 41% | DRINKS | 6 | They may be on the house |
| 41% | ARICH | 5 | "If I Were___ Man" (Tevye song in "Fiddler on the Roof") (2 wds.) |
| 40% | ACLS | 4 | They might be torn on the field |
| 40% | CABS | 4 | They might be caught in the rain |
| 40% | UPPERCUTS | 9 | They may be taken on the chin |
| 40% | EARDRUMS | 8 | They may be assaulted on the street |
| 40% | MTGES | 5 | They may be on the house: Abbr. |
| 40% | PORKPIES | 8 | They may be felt on the head |
| 40% | EYES | 4 | They may be blue in the face |
| 40% | EELS | 4 | They may be charged in the water |
| 40% | SPORES | 6 | They may be blowing in the wind |
| 40% | OCTANES | 7 | They may be in the 90's |
| 40% | RANKS | 5 | They may be broken in the military |