| 100% | SUIT | 4 | "___ up!" (Barney Stinson's phrase) |
| 84% | SUIT | 4 | "___ Up," Barney Stinson's catchphrase |
| 60% | TIE | 3 | Ducky ___, Barney Stinson's neckwear on "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 59% | BROCODE | 7 | Friendship etiquette followed among men (also, Barney Stinson's book): 2 wds. |
| 57% | DOC | 3 | "What's up, ___?" (Bugs Bunny phrase) |
| 57% | SUIT | 4 | "___ Up!" Barney's catchphrase from "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 56% | CHEER | 5 | "__ up!" phrase hoping to lift someone's mood |
| 55% | BRO | 3 | "The ___ Code", Barney Stinson's 2008 book about TV's "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 52% | BRO | 3 | ___ code, term used by Barney Stinson |
| 51% | ILIED | 5 | Phrase of fessing up |
| 51% | ANTE | 4 | Up the ___ (poker phrase) |
| 51% | ACE | 3 | "Have an ___ up one's sleeve," phrase for a tennis newbie? |
| 51% | NEIL | 4 | Actor who plays Barney Stinson, ____ Patrick Harris |
| 50% | TWOTO | 5 | "_____ beam up" ("Star Trek" phrase) |
| 50% | ANTE | 4 | "To up the ___" (poker phrase) |
| 49% | COFFEE | 6 | Phrase: Wake up and smell the __ |
| 48% | THATS | 5 | "___ the dream!" Barney's phrase from "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 47% | SURPRISEME | 10 | Phrase leaving an order up to chance |
| 45% | COINED | 6 | Made up, as a phrase |
| 45% | MET | 3 | "How I ___ Your Mother," sitcom with Ted Mosby and Barney Stinson |
| 44% | OGEE | 4 | S-shaped molding that sounds like a sighed phrase |
| 44% | COINED | 6 | ___ a phrase (made up a new saying) |
| 44% | ONME | 4 | Treater’s phrase |
| 44% | ORSO | 4 | Guesser’s phrase |
| 44% | IMOUT | 5 | Folder’s phrase |
| 43% | PATRICKHARRIS | 13 | Neil ___, who played Barney Stinson in "How I Met Your Mother": 2 wds |
| 43% | BROCODE | 7 | Male etiquette, as described by Barney Stinson on "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 42% | LALALA | 6 | Phrase used to warm up vocals or to tune someone out |
| 42% | HOWIMET | 7 | "___ Your Mother," a sitcom which starred Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson: 3 wds |
| 41% | COINING | 7 | Coming up with, like a phrase |