| 100% | SPARK | 5 | "You can't start a fire without a ___" (Bruce Springsteen lyric) |
| 47% | IMONFIRE | 8 | Bruce Springsteen hit song with the lyric "Only you can cool my desire" (3 wds.) |
| 47% | PERHAPS | 7 | Repeated word in a Doris Day song with the lyrics "If you can't make your mind up / We'll never get started" |
| 45% | CHAIR | 5 | "If you can't find a partner use a wooden ___, let's rock!," lyrics from Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock" |
| 44% | ATAB | 4 | You can start ___ at a bar: 2 wds. |
| 43% | EDSEL | 5 | “Hula hoops, Castro, ___ is a no-go” (“We Didn’t Start the Fire” lyric) |
| 42% | EGGS | 4 | "You can't make an omelet without breaking a few ___" |
| 42% | FIRE | 4 | What you can start with a book of matches |
| 41% | RHETT | 5 | "With enough courage, you can do without a reputation" speaker |
| 41% | LSD | 3 | You can take a trip with this without traveling |
| 40% | PEG | 3 | You can't put a round __ in a square hole |
| 40% | PEG | 3 | You can't fit a square __ in a round hole |
| 40% | PEG | 3 | You can't put a square __ in a round hole |
| 40% | WATER | 5 | You can’t live without it |
| 40% | QUARTER | 7 | 25-cent coin that you can toss and start 2025 with a win! |
| 40% | IMONFIRE | 8 | Springsteen hit with the lyric "Only you can cool my desire" |
| 40% | SILKPURSE | 9 | You can't make a __ out of a sow's ear |
| 40% | EGGS | 4 | You can't make an omelet without breaking them |
| 39% | DOODAD | 6 | When you can't remember a name |
| 39% | ALONE | 5 | How you can't sing a duet |
| 39% | AIR | 3 | You can't breathe without it |
| 39% | AIR | 3 | You can't live without it |
| 39% | VITALORGAN | 10 | You can't live without it |
| 39% | LOVE | 4 | You can't live without it |
| 38% | SOWSEAR | 7 | You can't make a silk purse out of it, they say |
| 38% | LIC | 3 | Item where you can't show a smile in Va. |
| 38% | NEED | 4 | Thing you can't do without |
| 38% | NEEDS | 5 | Things you can't do without |
| 38% | ESSENTIALS | 10 | What you can't do without |
| 38% | BAREESSENTIALS | 14 | Things you can't do without |