| 100% | ISEE | 4 | "___ trees of green ..." (start of Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World"): 2 wds. |
| 49% | ISEE | 4 | "___ skies of blue ... " ("What a Wonderful World" lyric) (2 wds.) |
| 48% | TREES | 5 | "I see ___ of green, red roses too ..." ("What a Wonderful World" start) |
| 46% | NOTIT | 5 | What some people shout at the start of a game of tag: 2 wds. |
| 45% | EATUP | 5 | What a cook might say at the start of a meal: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ISEE | 4 | Start of a crystal ball gazer's prediction: 2 wds. |
| 44% | IWANT | 5 | Start of a brat's demand: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ARMSTRONG | 9 | Louis __, What a Wonderful World singer |
| 44% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a child's Christmas letter: 2 wds. |
| 43% | WHATA | 5 | "___ Wonderful World" (Louis Armstrong tune): 2 wds. |
| 43% | ISEE | 4 | "___ skies of blue and clouds of white..." (words to a Louis Armstrong classic): 2 wds. |
| 43% | REARTIRE | 8 | What's on the back wheel of a bike: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ISEE | 4 | Louis Armstrong's, "..___ skies of blue and clouds of white...": 2 wds. |
| 43% | ISEE | 4 | Start of a crystal-ball reader's line: 2 wds. |
| 42% | LEWISHAMILTON | 13 | 2017 world champion, British F1 driver, who has started a record number of 220 races for Mercedes: 2 wds. |
| 41% | EARLYLEAD | 9 | What the front-runner has at the start of a race (2 wds.) |
| 41% | PINETREE | 8 | Shape of a car's green air freshener, often: 2 wds. |
| 41% | LOUIS | 5 | ___ Armstrong, trumpeter and "What a Wonderful World" musician who is considered one of the most influential figures in jazz |
| 41% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a letter to the North Pole: 2 wds. |
| 41% | WHATIF | 6 | Start of a hypothetical question. "Suppose...": 2 wds |
| 41% | YOHO | 4 | Start of a pirate's refrain (2 wds.) |
| 41% | WONDERFUL | 9 | What a __ World, Louis Armstrong sang |
| 41% | ISAID | 5 | Start of a reiteration: 2 wds. |
| 40% | HEYSIRI | 7 | Start of a voice command made to an iPhone: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a Christmas letter: 2 wds. |
| 40% | TOBE | 4 | Start of a famous "Hamlet" soliloquy: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ELISABETHMOSS | 13 | "The Handmaid's Tale" actress whose last name is a shade of green: 2 wds. |
| 39% | FIRSTDAY | 8 | Start of a school year or a new job (2 wds.) |
| 39% | IWISH | 5 | Start of a request to a genie: 2 wds. |
| 39% | USEIT | 5 | Start of a personal trainer's motto (2 wds.) |