| 100% | ARDEN | 5 | "I met a fool i' the forest" forest |
| 53% | LAYLA | 5 | Song with the line "Like a fool, I fell in love with you" |
| 52% | LAYLA | 5 | Clapton song with the lyric “Like a fool, I fell in love with you” |
| 51% | LAYLA | 5 | Eric Clapton song with the lyric "Like a fool, I fell in love with you" |
| 48% | ARGONNE | 7 | French forest that was the site of a World War I battle |
| 47% | MRKNOWITALL | 11 | 2011 Kelly Clarkson song with the lyric "Nobody's gonna make a fool out of me": 4 wds. |
| 47% | SILLYME | 7 | "What a fool I am!" |
| 46% | BADEN | 5 | When repeated, a resort near the Black Forest |
| 44% | TREE | 4 | "If a ___ falls in the forest ..." |
| 44% | HEIDIKLUM | 9 | German model and TV personality who had a guest appearance in "How I Met Your Mother" in the episode called "The Yips": 2 wds. |
| 44% | ARF | 3 | "Take me for a walk to the dog park!" |
| 44% | TITTLE | 6 | The tiny dot on a lowercase i |
| 43% | EMO | 3 | Meet Me @ The Altar genre |
| 43% | NEIL | 4 | With 15-Across, "How I Met Your Mother" actor who won a 2014 Tony Award for starring in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" |
| 43% | TED | 3 | The "I" in "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 43% | TED | 3 | The "I" of "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 43% | TED | 3 | The father on "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 43% | BRO | 3 | The ___ code from "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 43% | BRO | 3 | The ___ Code ("How I Met Your Mother" creation) |
| 43% | PIEMAN | 6 | Simple Simon met a __, going to the fair |
| 43% | RUE | 3 | "I ___ the day I met you" (regret) |
| 43% | RUE | 3 | "I ___ the day I met you..." (regret) |
| 43% | ADA | 3 | Meet Me @ The Altar drummer Juarez |
| 43% | ARIA | 4 | Many a performance at The Met |
| 43% | LOLA | 4 | The "her" in the lyric "I met her in a club down in old Soho" |
| 42% | MOSSY | 5 | Covered with fuzzy green growth, as a rock in the forest |
| 42% | TEDMOSBY | 8 | The main character in How I Met Your Mother |
| 42% | BRO | 3 | The ___ Code, popularized on "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 42% | CLAUSE | 6 | “You can’t fool me, there ain’t no sanity ___!” (“A Night at the Opera” line) |
| 42% | ROAM | 4 | "... give me a home where the buffalo ___ ..." |