| 100% | GETTHIS | 7 | "You haven't even heard the best part ... " (2 wds.) |
| 53% | THERESMORE | 10 | "I haven't even gotten to the good part" |
| 45% | EYESSHUT | 8 | "You'll miss the best things if you keep your___." by Dr. Seuss: 2 wds. |
| 42% | WISHWELL | 8 | Hope the best for: 2 wds. |
| 41% | OFUS | 4 | "It happens to the best ___": 2 wds. |
| 41% | IDO | 3 | Words you expect to hear at the altar: 2 wds. |
| 41% | WISHI | 5 | "___ could go back to the good old days.": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ASKAFTER | 8 | Inquire about the well-being of: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ONEI | 4 | "That's ___ haven't heard before": 2 wds. |
| 40% | EARS | 4 | They're all the better to hear you with |
| 40% | NOFAIR | 6 | "Hey, you aren't playing by the rules!": 2 wds. |
| 39% | SHOULDI | 7 | "What ___ do?" ("What's the best course of action?"): 2 wds. |
| 38% | ALFONSOCUARON | 13 | First Mexican to win the Best Director Oscar (for "Gravity"): 2 wds. |
| 38% | LIZAMINNELLI | 12 | "Arthur" actress who won the Best Actress Oscar for "Cabaret": 2 wds. |
| 38% | BRENEBROWN | 10 | Author of the best-selling self-help book "Daring Greatly": 2 wds. |
| 38% | LALA | 4 | "___ Land" (movie that lost the Best Picture Oscar to "Moonlight"): 2 wds. |
| 38% | LENAHORNE | 9 | Singer who played Glinda the Good Witch in "The Wiz": 2 wds. |
| 38% | NEWONE | 6 | Joke you haven't heard before |
| 38% | NEWONES | 7 | Jokes you haven't heard before |
| 38% | HIPBONE | 7 | Part of the pelvis: 2 wds. |
| 38% | GLENCAMPBELL | 12 | "Rhinestone Cowboy" singer who recently won the Best Country Song Grammy: 2 wds. |
| 38% | NATALIECOLE | 11 | "Unforgettable" singer who won the Best New Artist Grammy in 1976: 2 wds. |
| 38% | BYFAR | 5 | "This is ___ the best apple pie I have ever had!" (undoubtedly): 2 wds. |
| 38% | BYFAR | 5 | "This is ___ the best roast turkey I have ever had!" (undoubtedly): 2 wds. |
| 38% | EARS | 4 | The parts of your body you use to hear with: Plural |
| 38% | SEARCHME | 8 | "I haven't the foggiest idea": 2 wds. |
| 37% | THEGREATEST | 11 | With 42-Across, 1952 circus film that won the Best Picture Oscar: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BOBFOSSE | 8 | "All That Jazz" filmmaker who won the Best Director Oscar for "Cabaret": 2 wds. |
| 37% | SPENCERJOHNSON | 14 | Author of the best-selling self-help book "Who Moved My Cheese?": 2 wds. |
| 37% | GEOFFREYRUSH | 12 | Australian actor who won the Best Actor Oscar for 1996's "Shine": 2 wds. |