| 100% | UNFAIR | 6 | "Life is so ___!" (pessimist's cry, perhaps) |
| 48% | IVE | 3 | "___ never been so confused in my life!" |
| 48% | IVE | 3 | "___ never been so happy in my life!" |
| 48% | CABARET | 7 | Life is one of these, or so sang Liza Minnelli |
| 47% | TOTEARS | 7 | Bored __; something is so tedious you could cry |
| 47% | IVE | 3 | "___ never been so insulted in all my life!" |
| 47% | IVE | 3 | "___ never been so insulted in my entire life!" |
| 47% | IVE | 3 | "___ never been so happy in my whole life!" |
| 44% | ENS | 3 | Common s___e is not so common |
| 43% | DONTJUDGE | 9 | "Stop being so critical!" ("Let me live my life my way!"): 2 wds. |
| 42% | BUT | 3 | Start of a protestor's cry, perhaps |
| 42% | METOO | 5 | Little brother's cry, perhaps |
| 42% | DONE | 4 | Contest winner's cry, perhaps |
| 41% | SANDS | 5 | "Like ___ through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives" |
| 41% | BEAUTIFUL | 9 | Life is __, Roberto Benigni's Oscar winner movie |
| 40% | ICANTSEE | 8 | Child's cry at a parade, perhaps |
| 40% | JANE | 4 | "Book Club" actress ___ Fonda whose book is titled "My Life So Far" |
| 40% | AGO | 3 | "That was so long ___!" ("It's been forever!") |
| 40% | IVE | 3 | "___ never been so disappointed!" (teen's reprimand, maybe) |
| 39% | HOWAREYOU | 9 | "What's life been like?" |
| 39% | YET | 3 | "Is it time ___?" (impatient cry, perhaps) |
| 38% | WHYME | 5 | Cry from someone who's been aggrieved |
| 38% | DISOWN | 6 | Write out of one's will, perhaps |
| 38% | NINTH | 5 | Cat's last life, perhaps |
| 38% | CEREAL | 6 | Life is one |
| 38% | CARESTO | 7 | Is so inclined |
| 38% | CAREDTO | 7 | Were so inclined |
| 38% | OHIO | 4 | Title locale in a Leonard Bernstein song where "life was so cozy" |
| 38% | COMETOPAPA | 10 | Gambler’s cry while raking in chips, perhaps |
| 38% | AHA | 3 | Puzzler's cry at finding the solution, perhaps |