| 100% | ITIS | 4 | "Sorry, that's the way __" |
| 86% | TREND | 5 | That's the way it goes |
| 80% | ITIS | 4 | "And that's the way ___": 2 wds. |
| 79% | FRAIDSO | 7 | "Yep, that's the way it is" |
| 76% | ITIS | 4 | “And that’s the way —” |
| 76% | AND | 3 | "___ that's the way it is" (Cronkite sign-off) |
| 74% | STATUSQUO | 9 | That's just the way it is |
| 74% | BALL | 4 | "That's the way the ___ bounces" |
| 74% | SOBEIT | 6 | "That's the way things are" |
| 73% | SOITGOES | 8 | "That's the way the cookie crumbles" |
| 73% | ALAS | 4 | "That's the way the cookie crumbles" |
| 73% | CESTLAVIE | 9 | "That's the way the cookie crumbles" |
| 73% | SIC | 3 | [That's the way it was written] |
| 73% | SADBUTTRUE | 10 | “That’s the way it is, unfortunately” |
| 72% | ITIS | 4 | "That's just the way ___" |
| 72% | LOVE | 4 | "That's the Way ___ Goes," 1983 Merle Haggard single that topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart |
| 71% | GOES | 4 | "That's the Way Love ___" (Janet Jackson hit) |
| 71% | DION | 4 | "That's the Way It Is" singer Celine |
| 71% | STREETPARTY | 11 | Celebration that's in the way |
| 71% | IMPEDIMENT | 10 | Something that's in the way |
| 71% | STREETLIGHT | 11 | Illumination that's in the way |
| 71% | AXIALLY | 7 | The way that Earth rotates |
| 71% | GUIDEPOST | 9 | Sign that shows the way |
| 70% | CRUMBLES | 8 | "That's the way the cookie ___," idiom that means an unpleasant situation must be accepted as it is |
| 70% | LEFT | 4 | The way that Bernie Sanders leans |
| 69% | SIDEDOOR | 8 | Way in that's not the front or the back |
| 69% | WEREFRESHOUT | 12 | "Sorry, that's the last one" |
| 69% | ARE | 3 | "That's just the way things ___" |
| 68% | AVATAR | 6 | "___: The Way of Water," James Cameron's Oscar-winning film that heavily features underwater scenery |
| 67% | ICANT | 5 | "Sorry, that's out of the question" |