| 100% | YONDU | 5 | "Guardians of the Galaxy" character that rhymes with "fondue" |
| 59% | TEA | 3 | Sip that rhymes with the end of "serenity" |
| 58% | RACCOON | 7 | "Guardians of the Galaxy" character Rocket ___ |
| 57% | ETS | 3 | Many "Guardians of the Galaxy" characters |
| 57% | ERICA | 5 | Woman's name that rhymes with a part of the world |
| 57% | ALIEN | 5 | Many a "Guardians of the Galaxy" character |
| 56% | ETS | 3 | Many "Guardians of the Galaxy" characters, for short |
| 56% | ETS | 3 | "Guardians of the Galaxy" title characters, informally |
| 56% | OTIS | 4 | Name that rhymes with another answer in the same column of the grid |
| 54% | ROO | 3 | Character that rhymes with Pooh |
| 53% | ZOE | 3 | Guardians of the Galaxy actor Saldana |
| 52% | SHIN | 4 | Part of the leg that rhymes with "fin" |
| 52% | RACCOON | 7 | Rocket __; Guardians of the Galaxy marksman |
| 52% | ALAI | 4 | Second word of a game name that rhymes with the first |
| 52% | NAPOLI | 6 | "Old" Italian city that rhymes with "but you see" in the lyrics of the Dean Martin song "That's Amore" |
| 51% | STARLORD | 8 | Guardian of the Galaxy played by Chris Pratt (Hyph.) |
| 51% | VINDIESEL | 9 | He plays Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy |
| 51% | ROCKET | 6 | Raccoon in Marvel's Guardian of the Galaxy |
| 51% | JEDI | 4 | Guardians of the "Star Wars" galaxy |
| 51% | LAURA | 5 | "Guardians of the Galaxy" actress Haddock who's expecting a second child with husband Sam Claflin |
| 50% | TREE | 4 | Plant that Groot resembles, in "The Guardians of the Galaxy" |
| 50% | RACOON | 6 | Rocket is this animal in Guardians of the Galaxy |
| 49% | ALIENS | 6 | Many characters in "Guardians of the Galaxy" |
| 49% | DRAX | 4 | The Guardian of the Galaxy played by Dave Bautista |
| 49% | ATE | 3 | Word that rhymes with the number 8 |
| 49% | ATE | 3 | Word that rhymes with the digit "8" |
| 49% | EYE | 3 | Organ that rhymes with the letter "I" |
| 48% | MONTH | 5 | One of the twelve divisions in a year, and a word that has an obscure perfect rhyme with the word "oneth" |
| 48% | STYE | 4 | Malady that rhymes with the area it affects |
| 48% | COLORINGBOOK | 12 | 2019 addition to the Toy Hall of Fame that may be filled with cartoon characters (2 wds.) |