| 100% | ABARN | 5 | "Did you grow up in —?" |
| 64% | SMELLSGOOD | 10 | “Whatever you’re up to in the kitchen, keep doing it!” |
| 63% | HOMETOWN | 8 | Where you grew up |
| 62% | ULTING | 6 | Doing grown-up things, in modern lingo |
| 62% | ADULTING | 8 | Doing grown-up tasks, in modern lingo |
| 62% | ADULTING | 8 | Doing grown-up things, in modern lingo |
| 62% | ADULTING | 8 | Doing grown-up tasks, in Millennial slang |
| 62% | BAMBOO | 6 | It grows up in China |
| 61% | STALAGMITE | 10 | One growing up in a cave? |
| 60% | FALLOUTBOY | 10 | "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" emo band: 3 wds. |
| 60% | BORNANDBRED | 11 | Having grown up in a certain place |
| 59% | XER | 3 | Gen ___ (one who grew up in the 1970s) |
| 59% | GOLDAMEIR | 9 | Middle Eastern leader who grew up in Milwaukee |
| 59% | LADYBIRD | 8 | Saoirse Ronan plays teen growing up in Sacramento |
| 59% | PUENTE | 6 | Acclaimed bandleader who grew up in Spanish Harlem |
| 58% | AKON | 4 | "I Wanna Love You" singer who grew up in Senegal |
| 58% | HOMETOWN | 8 | Place where you grew up, where your roots are |
| 58% | FLAGSTAFF | 9 | Actor Ted Danson grew up in this Arizona city |
| 58% | LINDROS | 7 | Eric __, famed NHL player who grew up in Toronto |
| 58% | MISSOURI | 8 | State Brad Pitt grew up in; capital Jefferson City |
| 57% | ALDERAAN | 8 | Where Princess Leia grew up in the movie Star Wars |
| 57% | YOUNG | 5 | Having some growing up to do |
| 57% | ETA | 3 | "When do you get in?" letters |
| 57% | ETA | 3 | “When do you get in, approx.?” |
| 56% | TRESSED | 7 | Done up in braids |
| 56% | KENJENNINGS | 11 | "Jeopardy!" host who grew up in the Mormon church: 2 wds. |
| 56% | RYANGOSLING | 11 | "Barbie" actor who grew up in the Mormon church: 2 wds. |
| 56% | BTW | 3 | "Hey, did you know..." in textspeak: Abbr. |
| 56% | MIRACLES | 8 | Unexplainable happenings, do you believe in them? |
| 55% | THEBEANTREES | 12 | Barbara Kingsolver novel whose protagonist grew up in rural Kentucky (3 wds.) |