| 100% | ADAGE | 5 | "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," e.g. |
| 61% | BROKE | 5 | "If it ain't ___, don't fix it" |
| 60% | AINT | 4 | "If it ___ broke, don't fix it" |
| 60% | AINT | 4 | "If it ___ broke, don't fix it!" |
| 60% | ISNT | 4 | "If it ___ broken, don't fix it" |
| 50% | BROKEN | 6 | If not in this state, you don't need to fix it |
| 43% | MISSMAJOR | 9 | Activist and Stonewall participant who said, “If it ain’t right, fucking fix it, whatever it takes” |
| 41% | ARIAL | 5 | If you don't like it, you can go to Helvetica |
| 40% | SUEME | 5 | "Tell it to the judge if you don't like it!" |
| 39% | MEAN | 4 | "It Don't ___ a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)," song featuring April-born jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald |
| 39% | DUKEELLINGTON | 13 | Jazz legend who composed "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)": 2 wds. |
| 39% | PEN | 3 | Some people don't care if its tip is felt |
| 38% | WISK | 4 | Erstwhile laundry detergent brand (Tsk, tsk, tsk if you don't know it!) |
| 38% | THREAT | 6 | "If you don't tell them, I will," e.g. |
| 38% | SAW | 3 | "Don't judge a book by its cover," e.g. |
| 38% | ONELINER | 8 | Mitch Hedberg's "I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it," e.g. |
| 38% | LAW | 3 | It can be broken, but not fixed |
| 38% | ORA | 3 | "I don't know if it's a blessing ___ curse": 2 wds. |
| 37% | ESTELLE | 7 | Don —, singer-actor who played Gunner Sugden in BBC TV sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum |
| 37% | LEVEE | 5 | If it breaks, things get wet |
| 37% | CONTRACTION | 11 | Don't, e.g. |
| 37% | ESTELLE | 7 | Don —, singer and actor who played Gunner Sugden in BBC TV sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum |
| 37% | DENIAL | 6 | "I didn't do it," e.g. |
| 36% | CHORD | 5 | It can't be played on a trumpet, e.g. |
| 36% | PSA | 3 | "Be Smart, Don't Start" ad, e.g. |
| 36% | RSVP | 4 | Say "Sorry, can't make it," e.g. |
| 36% | CARE | 4 | "Handle with ___!" ("Don't break it!") |
| 36% | HEEL | 4 | You might limp if it breaks |