| 100% | CRUMBLES | 8 | "That's the way the cookie ___," idiom that means an unpleasant situation must be accepted as it is |
| 39% | REALISM | 7 | The practice of accepting a situation as it is |
| 36% | FRAIDSO | 7 | "Yep, that's the way it is" |
| 36% | AND | 3 | "___ that's the way it is" (Cronkite sign-off) |
| 35% | STATUSQUO | 9 | That's just the way it is |
| 33% | TAIL | 4 | Verb that retains its meaning when an r is inserted after the first letter |
| 33% | SADBUTTRUE | 10 | “That’s the way it is, unfortunately” |
| 33% | SIC | 3 | [That's the way it was written] |
| 33% | DION | 4 | "That's the Way It Is" singer Celine |
| 33% | REALIST | 7 | Person accepting the world as it is |
| 33% | LILY | 4 | "To gild a ___," idiom that means an unnecessary adornment has been added to something already beautiful |
| 33% | EMENDS | 6 | Synonym for “alters” that keeps its meaning if the first letter is changed to an “A” |
| 32% | CRONKITE | 8 | His tag line was “And that’s the way it is” |
| 31% | TREND | 5 | That's the way it goes |
| 31% | ITINA | 5 | Memoir that was adapted as the film "What's Love Got to Do With It" |
| 31% | GOLD | 4 | "Worth its weight in ___," idiom that means something is very valuable |
| 31% | OREO | 4 | Cookie that has the same colors as an orca |
| 31% | BUCK | 4 | "Make an honest ___," idiom that means one is making a honest living |
| 31% | REALIST | 7 | Opposite of a dreamer, someone who accepts a situation as it is |
| 31% | ANTONYMS | 8 | Words that mean the opposite are known as __ |
| 30% | TIE | 3 | Fashion dictates that its width be the same as that of one's lapels |
| 30% | SOITGOES | 8 | "That's the way the cookie crumbles" |
| 30% | ALAS | 4 | "That's the way the cookie crumbles" |
| 30% | CESTLAVIE | 9 | "That's the way the cookie crumbles" |
| 30% | INBED | 5 | Words that can be added to the end of any fortune cookie, it's said |
| 30% | LONDON | 6 | "It's ___ to a brick," idiom with the English capital that means "indicate with a high certainty" |
| 29% | TOSS | 4 | "To ___ one's cookies," idiom that means to throw up |
| 29% | OREO | 4 | Cookie that's the same color as crosswords |
| 29% | SOW | 3 | "You reap what you ___," fall-related idiom that means one will face the consequences of their actions |
| 29% | MATTEL | 6 | Toy giant which announced that the Alaskan city of Juneau would be changing the name of its capital to Uno as an April Fools' Day prank |