| 100% | HOME | 4 | "Chickens come ___ to roost," idiom meaning "actions have consequences" that originated in poems by Robert Southey |
| 35% | SPADES | 6 | In ___, term originating through card games that means to have in a great amount |
| 31% | ROOST | 5 | "The chickens have come home to ___" (all actions have consequences) |
| 30% | BEAT | 4 | ___ someone to the punch, phrase that originated in boxing that means to anticipate someone's actions |
| 30% | GUN | 3 | Jump the ___, phrase that originated in track racing that means to act before the appropriate time |
| 30% | TREE | 4 | Barking up the wrong ___, phrase that originated in hunting that means to make the wrong choice |
| 29% | HOME | 4 | "___ Burial," poem by Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Frost that was published in 1914 |
| 29% | WALL | 4 | "Mending ___," poem by Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Frost that was published in 1914 |
| 29% | BATH | 4 | Go for an early ___, phrase that originated in rugby that means to stop doing something before you've finished |
| 29% | HENS | 4 | Chickens that come home to roost |
| 29% | STAY | 4 | "Nothing Gold Can ___," poem by Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Frost that was published in 1923 |
| 28% | SNOWED | 6 | "To be ___ under," weather related idiom that means to have alot of work |
| 28% | NOTTAKEN | 8 | "The Road ___," poem by Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Frost (birthday yesterday) that was published in 1916: 2 wds. |
| 28% | AWAY | 4 | To squirrel ___, fall-related idiom that means to hide something of value in a safe place |
| 27% | YENTE | 5 | Yiddish name that has come to mean “gossip” |
| 27% | LILY | 4 | "To gild a ___," idiom that means an unnecessary adornment has been added to something already beautiful |
| 27% | DADA | 4 | Art movement that originated in Europe in the early 20th century as a reaction by artists who wanted to reject the modern capitalist society |
| 27% | SOW | 3 | "You reap what you ___," fall-related idiom that means one will face the consequences of their actions |
| 27% | WIRE | 4 | "Down to the ___," common phrase meaning "until the last minute," that has its origins in horse racing |
| 27% | FORTUNE | 7 | ___ Cookies, a treat that is believed to have been invented in China, but actually came from California |
| 26% | FOLLOWSUIT | 10 | Term originating through card games that means to copy the actions of the one before you: 2 wds. |
| 26% | ICE | 3 | "Fire and ___," poem by Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Frost that was published in 1920 and inspired George R.R. Martin's book title |
| 26% | NESTS | 5 | Where chickens come home to roost |
| 26% | AFTON | 5 | "Sweet ___," lyrical poem by Robert Burns about the river in Scotland |
| 26% | COSMOPOLITAN | 12 | Fashion magazine for women that has been in publication since 1886, and is often referred to by its shorter name |
| 25% | NOW | 3 | "It's All Coming Back To Me ___," original song by Pandora's Box that was covered by Celine Dion in 1996 |
| 25% | HARRIET | 7 | Did you know that the world's largest 1a was believed to have been lain by the British hen ___ in 2010? |
| 25% | ODES | 4 | Poems that often have "to a" in the title |
| 25% | GIRLPOWER | 9 | Slogan thought to have originated in a 1991 zine by the punk band Bikini Kill |
| 25% | OED | 3 | Letters that I had to look up in what turned out to be itself, in order to find out what they meant |