| 100% | CHAMP | 5 | "You took that like a ___!" (encouraging words after a painful encounter) |
| 46% | SOMEPEOPLE | 10 | Words after a rude encounter, maybe |
| 46% | CAR | 3 | Family vehicle, like a Honda, that you'd take to the garage for repairs |
| 44% | BURN | 4 | Sun ___, painful sting that'll make you say "ouch" after a fun day at the beach |
| 44% | CROW | 4 | Word after "scare" to refer to a fall staple that would butter you up with "You got me standing tall!" |
| 42% | WEST | 4 | Word after "South" for an airline that is the third-largest in the world and can take you to your travel destination |
| 42% | OHM | 3 | Resistance unit that sounds like a meditative word |
| 41% | OPENDOOR | 8 | Like a policy that encourages feedback |
| 41% | ARE | 3 | Word that sounds like a letter |
| 41% | PENNY | 5 | Word after take a and leave a |
| 41% | NEEDY | 5 | Like a cat that follows you everywhere |
| 41% | ERE | 3 | Word that sounds like a Brontë heroine |
| 41% | SERIAL | 6 | Word that sounds like a breakfast food |
| 40% | ASANA | 5 | Yoga position like the ones at 9a and 15d that you will encounter during a day of practicing yoga |
| 40% | ORAL | 4 | Like a vaccine that's taken by mouth |
| 40% | EERIE | 5 | Like a coincidence that makes you go "Hmm ..." |
| 40% | INSPIRING | 9 | Like a speech that fills you with excitement |
| 40% | OUI | 3 | Word of agreement that sounds like a pronoun |
| 40% | NOR | 3 | Conjunction that often appears two words after "neither" in a sentence |
| 40% | ATE | 3 | Word that sounds like a number ... and is a letter backward |
| 40% | COLICKY | 7 | Word that describes a baby prone to painful crying |
| 40% | COSTLY | 6 | Like a mistake that's going to hurt you |
| 40% | EERIE | 5 | Like a portrait that seems to be watching you |
| 40% | EAU | 3 | Word for a liquid that sounds like a letter |
| 40% | AYE | 3 | Word that sounds like a vowel it hasn't |
| 40% | APSE | 4 | Word that sounds like a plural of 1-Down |
| 40% | ISLET | 5 | Word that means a small island (sounds like "eyelet") |
| 40% | EWE | 3 | Animal that sounds a lot like you? |
| 40% | CARRYON | 7 | Luggage that you take onboard a plane |
| 40% | LEG | 3 | Limb that helps you take a step |