| 100% | KISSME | 6 | "Casablanca" words repeated before "as if it were the last time" |
| 69% | ILSA | 4 | "Kiss me as if it were the last time" speaker |
| 68% | ILSA | 4 | Film character who says "Kiss me as if it were the last time" |
| 67% | ILSA | 4 | Classic movie character who says "Kiss me as if it were the last time" |
| 65% | ILSA | 4 | Character who says “Kiss me as if it were the last time” to Rick, in a 1942 film |
| 48% | ANTEDATES | 9 | Signs the contract as if it were some weeks before the actual deal was struck |
| 43% | EACH | 4 | "Live ___ day as if it were your last" |
| 41% | PLAIN | 5 | "For it is ___ as anyone can see. We're simply meant to be," romantic words from "The Nightmare Before Christmas" |
| 41% | ONCUE | 5 | As if it were scripted |
| 41% | HATE | 4 | Word repeated four times in the chorus of Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" |
| 41% | BAA | 3 | Word repeated before "black sheep," in a nursery rhyme that may be one of the first poems you learned |
| 40% | VILE | 4 | Word that becomes its own synonym if the last letter is moved to the front |
| 40% | MERRILY | 7 | Word repeated four times before "Life is but a dream," in "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" |
| 39% | QUEUE | 5 | Word that's pronounced the same after its last four letters are removed |
| 39% | SANS | 4 | Word repeated four times in the last line of Shakespeare's "All the world's a stage" speech |
| 39% | SMOKY | 5 | Tasting as if it was fired up? |
| 38% | WEBLOG | 6 | It is the same as blog |
| 38% | GLORY | 5 | "___ follows virtue as if it were its shadow": Cicero |
| 38% | EXTRA | 5 | Word repeated before "Read all about it" |
| 37% | QUEUE | 5 | Only English word that's pronounced the same after its last four letters are removed |
| 37% | MUM | 3 | It's "the word" if you're being silent |
| 37% | MUM | 3 | It's "the word" if you're being secretive |
| 37% | RAIN | 4 | Its name in Botswana is the same as the word for "money" |
| 36% | MENE | 4 | Word repeated before "tekel" in biblical writing on the wall |
| 35% | LENO | 4 | Jay who was the late-night host before Jimmy Fallon |
| 35% | RANG | 4 | The bell ___ four times before it was all over. |
| 35% | AMEN | 4 | Word repeated before the chorus of Hozier's hit "Take Me to Church" |
| 35% | NOEL | 4 | Word sung four times before "Born is the King of Israel" |
| 35% | IDO | 3 | "... if it's the last thing ___!": 2 wds. |
| 35% | OLDVIC | 6 | It was originally established as the Royal Coburg Theatre |