| 100% | ILLBITE | 7 | "It's probably a trick, but tell me" |
| 74% | ILLBITE | 7 | "Pretty sure it's a trick, but tell me" (2 wds.) |
| 50% | EEYORE | 6 | "It's not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it" speaker |
| 50% | EEYORE | 6 | “It’s not much of a tail, but I’m sort of attached to it” speaker |
| 46% | EEYORE | 6 | Kid-lit character who says, "It's not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it" |
| 46% | EGOISM | 6 | It's a me problem |
| 46% | RUSE | 4 | It's a trick |
| 45% | LOT | 3 | "I cry a ___ but I am so productive, it's an art" |
| 45% | GHOSTSTORY | 10 | It's told around a campfire |
| 45% | BACKSTORY | 9 | It's told in a prequel |
| 45% | YOLO | 4 | "This is probably dumb but I'm doing it anyway" hashtag |
| 44% | SPOTTHELIE | 10 | “Go ahead, tell me it’s wrong” |
| 43% | TOFU | 4 | It's just a curd to me |
| 43% | EDITORIAL | 9 | It tells a paper's view |
| 43% | GROANER | 7 | "I had a joke about oil, but I'm still refining it," e.g. |
| 43% | KEEPYOURSECRETS | 15 | "Fine, don't tell me how it's done!" |
| 43% | SPORK | 5 | It's a portmanteau, but not for "salt pork" |
| 43% | SKORT | 5 | It's a portmanteau, but not for "ski resort" |
| 43% | SMOG | 4 | It's a portmanteau, but not for "small dog" |
| 42% | YOUDBESETONSTUNNING | 19 | "I know it's not my business, but if you were a laser ..." |
| 42% | SHADOW | 6 | It's used to tell the time on a sundial |
| 42% | IDEA | 4 | "It's a crazy ___ but it just might work!" |
| 42% | ILLBITE | 7 | “Could regret this, but tell me” |
| 42% | TOWN | 4 | It's smaller than a city, but bigger than a village |
| 41% | JOB | 3 | "It's a dirty ___, but somebody's gotta do it" |
| 41% | JOB | 3 | "It's a dirty ___, but someone has to do it" |
| 41% | NEITHERDOI | 10 | "Yeah, it's a no for me as well" |
| 41% | BREAK | 5 | "I told my computer I needed a ___ and now it won't stop sending me vacation ideas" |
| 41% | FIZZLED | 7 | *I thought I had a good firework joke, but in the end, it just ___ out! (ended weakly) |