| 100% | JIMMYSWAGGART | 13 | "A Study in the Word" host |
| 68% | SCARLET | 7 | A Study in __, the first Sherlock Holmes account |
| 65% | MUM | 3 | The word, in a saying |
| 65% | LYRICS | 6 | The words in a song |
| 63% | DEAL | 4 | Word that appears twice in the name of a game show hosted by Howie Mandel |
| 62% | LEXICON | 7 | All the words in a dictionary |
| 62% | LEXIS | 5 | All of the words in a language |
| 61% | VOCAB | 5 | All the words in a language, for short |
| 60% | GARBLE | 6 | Confuse, as the words in a song's lyrics |
| 60% | PER | 3 | Word in the middle of a rate |
| 59% | SCENT | 5 | Word in the title of a Pacino film |
| 59% | ALAI | 4 | Word in the name of a pelota game |
| 59% | SPELLING | 8 | The agreed sequence of letters in a word |
| 59% | ASS | 3 | Word in the etymology of a ''silly'' synonym |
| 59% | LABOURS | 7 | Word in the title of a Shakespeare comedy |
| 59% | FREE | 4 | Word in the middle of a bingo card |
| 59% | SYNTAX | 6 | The correct arrangement of words in a sentence |
| 59% | SPELL | 5 | Recite the letters in a word |
| 58% | FREE | 4 | Word in the center square of a bingo card |
| 58% | UPON | 4 | Word in the first sentence of a fairy tale |
| 58% | LIVE | 4 | Word in the corner of a TV news broadcast |
| 58% | LANES | 5 | Word in the name of many a bowling alley |
| 58% | RITE | 4 | Word in the title of a famous Stravinsky piece |
| 58% | STARRING | 8 | Word in the opening credits of a TV show |
| 58% | CASE | 4 | Word in the title of many a detective novel |
| 58% | SHU | 3 | Word in the name of a Chinese pork dish |
| 58% | ASA | 3 | Words in the middle of a simile: 2 wds. |
| 58% | ONATHEME | 8 | Words in the title of a composer's homage |
| 57% | AGENTNOUN | 9 | In grammar, a word for the performer of a verb |
| 57% | START | 5 | Word by the first square in a board game, often |