| 100% | EEL | 3 | "You're as cuddly as a cactus, you're as charming as an ___, Mr. Grinch" |
| 36% | MEAN | 4 | "You're a ___ One, Mr. Grinch" |
| 36% | ONE | 3 | "You're a Mean ___, Mr. Grinch" |
| 36% | MEAN | 4 | "You're a ___ One, Mr. Grinch" (Christmas song) |
| 35% | BONEMARROW | 10 | You can often make a medical donation of this as an outpatient |
| 35% | BALL | 4 | Soccer sphere that you can play with as a fun recreational activity on an island |
| 34% | EEL | 3 | Fish mentioned in "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" |
| 33% | EEL | 3 | ''Charming as an __'' (what the Grinch is called) |
| 33% | FEZZIWIG | 8 | Mr —, character in Charles Dickens story A Christmas Carol for whom Scrooge worked as an apprentice |
| 32% | STANK | 5 | Word between "stink" and "stunk" in "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" |
| 32% | AGETEN | 6 | When you're about as smart as a fifth grader |
| 32% | SNORKEL | 7 | Tube that lets you breathe while looking at fishes as a fun recreational activity on an island |
| 31% | CHESS | 5 | "As elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you could find anywhere outside an advertising agency," per Raymond Chandler |
| 31% | SPINED | 6 | Having needles, as a cactus |
| 30% | SPINY | 5 | Bristling with needles, as a cactus |
| 30% | WOO | 3 | Charm, as a lady |
| 30% | ETHER | 5 | A compound that was once used as an anesthetic |
| 30% | PASSTHETGTEST | 13 | Convince people you're a person, for an A.I. |
| 29% | NBC | 3 | A chemsuit, also referred to as an ___ suit |
| 29% | REENACT | 7 | Re-create, as a famous battle |
| 29% | ACCORDION | 9 | An instrument known as a squeezebox |
| 29% | LOWRES | 6 | A bit fuzzy, as an image |
| 29% | BTW | 3 | As an aside, in a text |
| 29% | EEL | 3 | What the Grinch is ''as charming as'' |
| 28% | LARK | 4 | "Are you an owl or a ___?" (as per waking habits) |
| 28% | AREA | 4 | A real estate measure, such as an acre or hectare |
| 28% | ROB | 3 | Good as a name, wrong as an action? |
| 28% | ONES | 4 | You get five as change for a five |
| 28% | PLAN | 4 | A building ___, such as an architect's blueprint |
| 28% | WRITER | 6 | A scribe, such as an author or journalist |