| 100% | COUNTS | 6 | "It's the thought that ___" |
| 95% | COUNTS | 6 | "It's the thought that ___" ("You tried") |
| 75% | THEWORM | 7 | It's the early bird that catches __ |
| 74% | GREASE | 6 | It's the squeaky wheel that gets it |
| 74% | IDEA | 4 | The thought that counts? |
| 72% | ITS | 3 | "___ the thought that counts" |
| 71% | TREND | 5 | That's the way it goes |
| 70% | STATUSQUO | 9 | That's just the way it is |
| 67% | DYLANTHOMAS | 11 | "I've had 18 straight whiskies. I think that's the record" |
| 67% | SHIPOFTHESEUS | 13 | Thought experiment that asks whether an object remains the same object if its parts are replaced one by one |
| 67% | NEWYORK | 7 | They say it's the city that never sleeps |
| 67% | AND | 3 | "___ that's the way it is" (Cronkite sign-off) |
| 66% | FRAIDSO | 7 | "Yep, that's the way it is" |
| 66% | FOREST | 6 | It's so vast that you cannot see the trees |
| 65% | IGUESSNOT | 9 | "Come to think of it, that's probably untrue." |
| 65% | PLAYINGPOSSUM | 13 | Marsupial that thinks it's an actor? |
| 65% | SLED | 4 | Something it's thought the ancient Egyptians used in relocating their obelisks |
| 64% | ERA | 3 | Pitching stat that's better the lower it is: Abbr. |
| 64% | NUB | 3 | Pencil that's about at the end of its usefulness |
| 64% | DUSTYJACKET | 11 | Sign that it's time to clean the closet? |
| 64% | EATINGCROW | 10 | Bird that thinks it's a restaurant critic? |
| 64% | CADILLAC | 8 | Something that's the most luxurious of its kind |
| 64% | SYSTEM | 6 | It's the S in Apple's iOS |
| 64% | GIFT | 4 | "It's the ___ that keeps on giving" |
| 64% | HAPPENS | 7 | It is the unexpected that always __ |
| 63% | USE | 3 | "It's in the Way That You ___ It" (Eric Clapton song) |
| 63% | PRESENT | 7 | "Today is a gift. That's why we call it the __" |
| 63% | MINNOW | 6 | Fish that shares its name with the Gilligan's Island boat |
| 63% | ODOR | 4 | Indication that it's time to take out the trash |
| 63% | ODOR | 4 | Sign that it's time to take out the trash |