| 100% | CANST | 5 | "Thou ___ make me clean" (leper's words to Jesus) |
| 39% | AMEN | 4 | Word repeated in Hozier's "Take Me to Church" |
| 39% | SHALL | 5 | "___ I compare thee to a summer's day?" |
| 38% | COMPARE | 7 | "Shall I __ thee to a summer's day?" |
| 38% | PRESCRYPTION | 12 | Doctor's ability to make words indecipherable? |
| 37% | SMH | 3 | Texter's "This makes me want to facepalm!": Abbr. |
| 37% | DONNE | 5 | "Nature's lay idiot, I taught thee to love" penner |
| 37% | IAMBS | 5 | "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" quintet |
| 36% | BUGSPRAYER | 10 | "Lord, make me impervious to Raid"? |
| 36% | AMEN | 4 | Word repeated before the chorus of Hozier's hit "Take Me to Church" |
| 36% | AMEN | 4 | Repeated word in Hozier's 2014 hit "Take Me to Church" |
| 36% | IRE | 3 | Intense anger or word with "land" to make Dublin's country |
| 36% | FIN | 3 | Fish appendage or word with "land" to make Helsinki's country |
| 36% | NETHER | 6 | Lowermost region or word with "lands" to make Amsterdam's country |
| 36% | SONNET | 6 | One begins "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" |
| 35% | UHOH | 4 | Toddler's word for "Oops! That's not what I meant to do.": Hyph. |
| 35% | THAI | 4 | Pad ___, noodle dish or word with "land" to make Bangkok's country |
| 35% | EATA | 4 | "Do I dare to ___ peach?" (words of T. S. Eliot): 2 wds. |
| 35% | OVER | 4 | Word attached to make or take |
| 35% | MAMA | 4 | Word before "Ooh, didn't mean to make you cry" in Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" |
| 35% | ICE | 3 | Rocks in a cocktail or word with "land" to make Reykjavik's country |
| 35% | GREEN | 5 | Leaf color during spring or word with "land" to make Nuuk's country |
| 35% | IAMBS | 5 | "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" has five of these |
| 34% | AHEM | 4 | Cough word to mean excuse me, I'm here |
| 34% | OPENSESAME | 10 | Words with which to make an entrance? |
| 34% | WHOA | 4 | Word said to make a horse stop |
| 34% | MAIM | 4 | I am about to make initial wound |
| 34% | ISEE | 4 | "It makes sense to me" |
| 34% | ISEE | 4 | "That makes sense to me" |
| 34% | CAMP | 4 | Place to make s'mores |