| 100% | TWOS | 4 | "Terrible" time in one's life, it is said |
| 56% | ERA | 3 | Notable time in one's life |
| 54% | YEAH | 4 | Usher song whose title is said eighty times in its lyrics |
| 52% | WRONGTREE | 9 | One is said to bark up it if searching in vain |
| 51% | SALADDAYS | 9 | Youthful time in one's life ... which this puzzle might harken solvers back to? |
| 49% | AYE | 3 | It's said to be in favor |
| 49% | TAXES | 5 | One of life's certainties, in a saying |
| 48% | VARIETY | 7 | It's said to be the spice of life |
| 48% | FATE | 4 | It is said to be written in the stars |
| 47% | DRYEYE | 6 | It's said that there is not a single one of these "in the house" during a sad movie |
| 47% | CHARM | 5 | The third time's said to be one |
| 47% | BIDE | 4 | It may be before one's time |
| 47% | BEAUTY | 6 | It's said to be in the eye of the beholder |
| 47% | ENRON | 5 | In early 2001, one of its executives notoriously said "From an accounting standpoint, this will be our easiest year ever" |
| 46% | PEN | 3 | It's said to be mightier than a sword, in a proverb |
| 46% | EGO | 3 | One's head can be swollen with it, so to say |
| 46% | SACHET | 6 | It may be found in one's chest |
| 46% | LATIN | 5 | Many prayers are said in it |
| 46% | SKA | 3 | It's said to have been born on Orange Street, in Kingston, Jamaica |
| 45% | YAWN | 4 | Observing one is said to be contagious ... and you might do it seconds after filling in this answer |
| 45% | SPICE | 5 | Variety, in life, so it's said |
| 45% | THEE | 4 | How "you" was said in olden times |
| 45% | GAMERS | 6 | One whose life might be in pieces? |
| 45% | GROOVE | 6 | It's good to be in one |
| 45% | ONEPM | 5 | When it's midnight in Chicago, what time is it in Shanghai? |
| 45% | OOHLALA | 7 | It may be said after kissing the tips of one's fingers |
| 45% | ATHEISTS | 8 | There are none in foxholes, it's said |
| 45% | SHOVELSOUT | 10 | Frees one's car after being snowed in, say |
| 44% | NUN | 3 | One whose life is in order? |
| 44% | DRUMHEAD | 8 | It may be beaten in time |