| 100% | LACK | 4 | "For the ___ of a better word..." |
| 85% | OBAMA | 5 | Former U.S. president who won a Best Spoken Word Album Grammy Award for the audiobook of "Dreams from My Father" |
| 85% | GREED | 5 | "___, for lack of a better word, is good" |
| 82% | LACK | 4 | "For ___ of a better word..." |
| 78% | KUDOS | 5 | Words of encouragement for a job well done |
| 78% | THEGOAT | 7 | Nickname for the best player in the history of a sport |
| 76% | BAZAAR | 6 | A place for the sale of goods, store |
| 76% | BRICUSSE | 8 | Leslie —, winner of a Best Music, Original Song Oscar for Talk to the Animals from Doctor Dolittle |
| 76% | ERASE | 5 | A good pencil always has an ___r at the end of it for correcting mistakes |
| 75% | LINTROLLER | 10 | Good accessory for the owner of a shedding dog |
| 75% | BENKINGSLEY | 11 | Winner of a Best Actor Oscar for playing Gandhi, the title role of 1982's Best Picture: 2 wds. |
| 75% | CANTI | 5 | Last words of the Best Song Oscar winner for 1939 |
| 75% | LAT | 3 | It's a shortening of the Latin word for "broadest" |
| 75% | ETAPE | 5 | French word for a leg of the Tour de France |
| 74% | POI | 3 | Name of a Maori performing art as well as the equipment used for this art |
| 74% | PRIME | 5 | The best years of your life, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 74% | DIANEKEATON | 11 | Winner of a Best Actress Oscar for playing Annie Hall, the title role of 1977's Best Picture: 2 wds. |
| 74% | REEL | 4 | Highlight ___ (compilation of the best clips from a tournament, for example) |
| 74% | IOTA | 4 | Vowel-rich name of the English word for a Greek vowel |
| 73% | RETURN | 6 | Another word for the inbound leg of a trip |
| 73% | RAH | 3 | Word of encouragement for a good play |
| 73% | HESAKEEPER | 10 | Words of support for a good match |
| 73% | FALL | 4 | "Anatomy of a ___," French legal drama film that won the 2024 Oscar for Best Original Screenplay |
| 73% | ANTONYM | 7 | A word that means the opposite of another word (for example, "good" vs. "bad") |
| 73% | UNCLE | 5 | A good word for giving? |
| 73% | OBAMA | 5 | Winner of the 2005 and 2007 Grammys for Best Spoken Word Album |
| 73% | CHARLTONHESTON | 14 | Winner of a Best Actor Oscar for playing Judah Ben-Hur, the title role of 1959's Best Picture: 2 wds. |
| 73% | LAPPE | 5 | Frances Moore ___, author of the best-selling "Diet for a Small Planet" |
| 72% | WHITELAW | 8 | Billie —, winner of a BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for 1972 BBC drama series The Sextet |
| 72% | INGRIDBERGMAN | 13 | Winner of a Best Actress Oscar for "Gaslight" and a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "Murder on the Orient Express": 2 wds. |