| 100% | FALSEFRIEND | 11 | *Word liable to misinterpretation if said to a non-native |
| 47% | CHEESE | 6 | Word said to a photographer |
| 45% | NICEBOY | 7 | Words said to a friendly dog (2 wds.) |
| 43% | AMEN | 4 | Word said after a prayer to Jesus |
| 43% | WHOA | 4 | Word said to make a horse stop |
| 43% | ORANGE | 6 | Word often said to lack a rhyme |
| 43% | WHOA | 4 | Word said to slow down a horse |
| 43% | HERE | 4 | Word said while pointing to a map |
| 43% | RAPS | 4 | Sets words to a beat, say |
| 42% | KUDOS | 5 | Word said as a compliment, similar to "Hats off!" |
| 42% | NEXT | 4 | Barista's word to a queue, say |
| 42% | THOUSAND | 8 | A picture is said to be worth this many words |
| 41% | PICTURE | 7 | This is said to paint a thousand words |
| 41% | IDO | 3 | Words a bride and groom say to each other: 2 wds. |
| 40% | IDO | 3 | Words that a bride and groom say to each other: 2 wds. |
| 40% | AIL | 3 | *Catch a bug, say ... or a word common to 18d |
| 40% | SHOO | 4 | Word to drive away a stray dog, say |
| 40% | CMON | 4 | Word said if someone refuses to 11-Across something |
| 38% | CHA | 3 | Word which if said in your Vietnamese restaurant might well get you a couple of sausages |
| 38% | RENAME | 6 | It's said to be bad luck if you do this to a boat |
| 38% | PRONOUNCE | 9 | The correct way to say or sound out a word |
| 37% | MOTH | 4 | Word before "man" for a butterfly-like winged humanoid cryptid said to appear in Point Pleasant, West Virginia |
| 37% | WASTE | 5 | ___ a pitch (throw the ball in the dirt just to see if the batter chases it, say) |
| 37% | AGENT | 5 | Word you might say over the phone to be connected with a real person |
| 37% | LETMEGUESS | 10 | Words from someone with a good idea of what you’re about to say |
| 36% | NOSY | 4 | Liable to peep, say |
| 36% | FLY | 3 | *Buzzing pest ... or a word that goes with "trap" to refer to a snare for the said pest |
| 36% | FCC | 3 | Carlin's "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" led to a SCOTUS case involving this org. |
| 36% | PARAPHRASES | 11 | Puts in other words, or, if read as three pieces, a hint to the starred answers |
| 36% | HELLA | 5 | Extremely, to a NorCal native |