| 100% | ENVIED | 6 | "It is better to be ___ than to be pitied": Herodotus |
| 80% | RECEIVE | 7 | It is better to give than to __ |
| 70% | TENET | 5 | "It is better to give than to receive," |
| 69% | TENET | 5 | "It is better to give than to receive," e.g. |
| 69% | THEPRINCE | 9 | Machiavelli treatise with a chapter that considers “whether it is better to be loved than feared” |
| 67% | TRAVEL | 6 | "It is better to ___ well than to arrive" |
| 66% | LUCKY | 5 | "It's better to be ___ than good" (aphorism) |
| 65% | EDA | 3 | LeShan who wrote "It's Better to Be Over the Hill Than Under It" |
| 65% | LESHAN | 6 | Eda who wrote "It's Better to Be Over the Hill Than Under It" |
| 65% | AMANA | 5 | "Built better than it has to be" sloganeer |
| 65% | SORRY | 5 | "It's better to be safe than ___" |
| 63% | ANGER | 5 | It's good to be slow to it |
| 62% | RECEIVE | 7 | Saying: it's better to give than to __ |
| 61% | GROOVE | 6 | It's good to be in one |
| 60% | MAE | 3 | ___ West, who said "It's better to be looked over than overlooked" |
| 60% | MAEWEST | 7 | She said, "It's better to be 19-Across than 55-Across" |
| 60% | MAE | 3 | West who said "It's better to be looked over than overlooked" |
| 60% | ONESELF | 7 | Something it's good to be |
| 59% | PEN | 3 | It is said to be mightier than a sword |
| 59% | PEN | 3 | It is said to be mightier than the sword |
| 59% | ERR | 3 | It is better to ___ on the side of caution |
| 59% | PAR | 3 | Number it's good to be under |
| 58% | TRICKS | 6 | It is good to have these up one's sleeve |
| 58% | NOOSE | 5 | The loop it's best to be out of |
| 57% | WAVELENGTH | 10 | It's good for team members to be on the same one |
| 57% | IALSO | 5 | "___ say it is good to fall": Whitman, "Song of Myself" |
| 57% | IALSO | 5 | ___ say it is good to fall: Whitman, "Song of Myself" |
| 57% | VIIIBALL | 8 | It's not good to be behind it |
| 57% | WAS | 3 | "I knew it ___ too good to be true" |
| 56% | HOMESWEETHOME | 13 | "Ahh, it's good to be here!" saying on some decor |