| 100% | MUMS | 4 | "___ the word," phrase inspired by Shakespeare that means "keep it a secret" |
| 52% | VANISH | 6 | "To ___ into thin air," phrase inspired by Shakespeare that means "to disappear completely" |
| 51% | PICKLE | 6 | "To be in a ___," phrase inspired by Shakespeare that means "to be in a difficult situation" |
| 51% | GOOD | 4 | "Too much of a ___ thing," phrase inspired by Shakespeare that means "excess can be harmful" |
| 44% | WABE | 4 | Word in "Jabberwocky" that Lewis Carroll said meant "the side of a hill (from its being soaked by rain)" |
| 44% | BREAK | 5 | "To ___ the ice," phrase used by Shakespeare that means "to overcome initial awkwardness" |
| 44% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "excitement" that's in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 44% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "commotion" that's in the title of a Shakespeare comedy |
| 43% | HERE | 4 | Word that becomes its own opposite by putting a "T" at the front |
| 42% | AYE | 3 | Word that keeps the same meaning if you move its first letter to the end |
| 41% | ONOMATOPOEIA | 12 | Poetic device identified by a word that phonetically resembles the action it describes, as "tick tock" |
| 39% | BOARD | 5 | "Across the ___," common phrase meaning "affecting everything and everyone in a particular group," that has its origins in horse racing |
| 38% | EMCEE | 5 | Word shortened from a three-word phrase that can be further shortened by dropping its first, fourth and fifth letters |
| 38% | MUMS | 4 | It's "the word" when keeping a secret |
| 38% | ADO | 3 | Word that means "fuss" in a Shakespeare title |
| 37% | DUH | 3 | Word that retains its meaning when preceded by "no" |
| 37% | NOT | 3 | Word that completely changes the meaning of a sentence |
| 37% | RHYTHM | 6 | ___ and Blues, also the word for a beat that a drummer keeps |
| 37% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "commotion" that appears in a Shakespeare play's title |
| 36% | MUM | 3 | It's "the word" if you're keeping a secret |
| 36% | FLIPFLOPPING | 12 | Switching positions, and a phrase spelled by the first letters of 12 words that have switched positions |
| 36% | MUMS | 4 | "___ the word!" ("It's a secret!") |
| 36% | PUN | 3 | "Thanks for explaining the word 'many' to me, that means a lot," e.g. |
| 36% | ETAL | 4 | Citation phrase that's a word meaning "tardy" spelled backward |
| 36% | TELLME | 6 | "Don't keep it a secret!" |
| 36% | NECK | 4 | Word used on both sides of "and" to make a common phrase meaning "a close contest," that has its origins in horse racing |
| 36% | ABLE | 4 | Word that keeps the same meaning if "cap-" is added at the front |
| 36% | VIADUCT | 7 | Word that led to the "Why a duck?" routine by the Marx brothers |
| 36% | HERE | 4 | Word that becomes its opposite when a "T" is added to the beginning |
| 35% | ANAGRAM | 7 | A word or phrase that can be formed using the letters of another word |