| 100% | MEANT | 5 | "I guess it just wasn't ___ to be" |
| 71% | WAS | 3 | "I guess it ___ just meant to be" |
| 58% | GERALDFORD | 10 | "I guess it just proves that in America anyone can be president" |
| 54% | YOGA | 4 | "Would it be a stretch to say I dig your ___ T-shirt?," Ava asked. |
| 53% | IFEELDIRTY | 10 | "That wasn't exactly honorable of me, was it" |
| 53% | BUTNO | 5 | "It wasn't to be" |
| 50% | QUACKSLIKEADUCK | 15 | Appears to be just what it is |
| 48% | WHOELSE | 7 | "Didn't it have to be me?" |
| 46% | BRIDGE | 6 | "I will cross that ___ when I get to it" |
| 46% | KIDS | 4 | "I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your ___ are gonna love it," dialogue from "Back to the Future" that hints at time-travel |
| 46% | IWOULD | 6 | "If it were up to me, then yes" |
| 46% | ALAS | 4 | "It wasn't meant to be" |
| 45% | ALBANIA | 7 | Its national anthem is "Himni i Flamurit" ("Hymn to the Flag") |
| 45% | DNA | 3 | “___ just is. And we dance to its music”: Richard Dawkins |
| 45% | UPON | 4 | "I will attend to it ___ my return." ("after I return") |
| 45% | USING | 5 | "She was just ___ me to get her work done" |
| 45% | ETHANOL | 7 | The Model T was designed to run on it |
| 45% | APR | 3 | It is the cruelest month according to T.S. Eliot, for short |
| 45% | PROTIP | 6 | "Let me tell you, this is how to do it" |
| 44% | AHA | 3 | "It just came to me!" |
| 44% | AHA | 3 | "It just occurred to me!" |
| 44% | TIL | 3 | Twitter abbreviation indicating "This was unknown to me before just now ..." |
| 44% | YMCA | 4 | Org. that is often referred to by just its first letter |
| 44% | MEH | 3 | "If you ask me, it was just OK" |
| 44% | TOFU | 4 | It's just a curd to me |
| 44% | ITLL | 4 | "I guess ___ just have to do" |
| 44% | CAROLYNHAX | 10 | Advice guru whose self-titled column used to be called "Tell Me About It": 2 wds. |
| 43% | YEAHABOUTTHAT | 13 | "I wasn't going to say anything, but since you brought it up ..." |
| 43% | ARE | 3 | Word that might be shortened to just its middle letter, in texts |
| 43% | MISHAP | 6 | It wasn't meant to occur |