| 100% | USE | 3 | "___ your words!" (phrase heard in kindergarten, perhaps) |
| 48% | RAH | 3 | Word often heard in triplicate |
| 47% | AYES | 4 | "The ___ have it!" (triumphant phrase heard in Congress) |
| 47% | AAH | 3 | Sound heard in a sauna, perhaps |
| 47% | NOEL | 4 | Word often heard in Christmas songs |
| 47% | NOEL | 4 | Word often heard in Christmas carols |
| 45% | MAD | 3 | In your feelings, perhaps |
| 45% | YABBA | 5 | Word heard in Bedrock |
| 45% | STUTTER | 7 | Stumble over your words in a speech |
| 45% | ETTU | 4 | Words heard in the Senate |
| 44% | MADAM | 5 | Word heard in fine stores |
| 44% | STAT | 4 | Word heard in 13-Down |
| 44% | MOO | 3 | Word heard in a herd |
| 44% | ALACK | 5 | Word in a woeful phrase |
| 44% | UHOH | 4 | Phrase heard many times in Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love" |
| 44% | JUSTSHUTUP | 10 | Phrase heard many times in a Black Eyed Peas hit |
| 44% | MIO | 3 | Possessive heard in a Verdi 9-Across, perhaps |
| 44% | IMIT | 4 | Words heard in 24-Across, maybe |
| 43% | PREPOSITION | 11 | Word before a noun in a phrase |
| 43% | LESS | 4 | Word before traveled, in a phrase |
| 42% | MANTRA | 6 | Phrase or word that is used in meditation |
| 42% | BRAGH | 5 | Word after "go" in a seasonal phrase |
| 42% | ERIN | 4 | Word before "go" in a seasonal phrase |
| 42% | CAR | 3 | Four-wheeler in your garage, perhaps |
| 41% | ASHES | 5 | Word before and after "to," in a religious phrase |
| 41% | SUCH | 4 | Word found before and after "and," in a phrase |
| 41% | LAND | 4 | Word that fills both blanks in "This ___ is your ___" |
| 41% | SELL | 4 | Word in an urgent text from your broker, maybe |
| 41% | EAR | 3 | Hearing organ that's found in the word "hearing" |
| 41% | ARE | 3 | Middle word in a mall map phrase |