| 100% | SAVED | 5 | ___ by the bell, boxing term that's commonly used to refer to narrow escapes |
| 70% | COUNT | 5 | Down for the ___, boxing term that's commonly used to refer to lost struggles |
| 60% | POST | 4 | First past the ___, British horse racing term that's commonly used to refer to a voting system |
| 50% | HEAVYWEIGHT | 11 | Boxing class, also a word commonly used to refer to something that's "important or influential" |
| 48% | NERD | 4 | Word coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo" that's now used to refer to stereotypically studious sorts |
| 45% | TRICK | 5 | Hat ___, sports term that's commonly used to celebrate three-time achievements |
| 43% | ELL | 3 | Abbr. used by Rubik's speedcubers that refers to solving the edge pieces without disturbing the corner pieces |
| 42% | SIDE | 4 | ___ Effect, unintended consequence that's commonly used to describe the adverse effect of a medicine |
| 41% | HYP | 3 | Abbreviation commonly used to refer to the "Big Three" |
| 41% | ETHER | 5 | Anesthetic that used to be used by dentists, or a term for the sky |
| 40% | SCREEN | 6 | *Silver ___, phrase that's used to refer to the motion picture industry |
| 40% | GENTLEMEN | 9 | Ladies and ___, traditional terms used to refer to the men's and women's matches at Wimbledon |
| 36% | CLAPPERS | 8 | Going like the __, idiom that refers to bells |
| 36% | NOR | 3 | "Neither rhyme ___ reason," phrase used to refer to something without any explanation that was used by Shakespeare |
| 36% | ALL | 3 | Mother of ___, descriptive phrase used to refer to something that is the most epic of its kind |
| 36% | LATESTYLE | 9 | Term used by Edward Said to describe the final phase of an artist’s career |
| 35% | HOME | 4 | "___ stretch," common phrase used to refer to the final part of an activity, that has its origins in horse racing |
| 34% | BLOOPERS | 8 | Term used to describe the humorous behind-the-scenes that happen during filming a TV show |
| 34% | THERE | 5 | "Neither here nor ___," phrase used by Shakespeare that refers to something uncertain or unresolved |
| 34% | CAN | 3 | "Breakfast ___ Wait," song by Prince that refers to the first meal of the day |
| 34% | PARIS | 5 | "I Love ___," song by Cole Porter that refers to the French "City of Love" |
| 34% | EAGLE | 5 | Bird that has been used by the Dutch police to take down illegal drones |
| 34% | LINGUA | 6 | ___ franca, commonly used to refer to English (adopted common language) |
| 33% | TRADE | 5 | NBA term that refers to the exchange of player rights from one team to another |
| 33% | IRON | 4 | "___ Man," song by Black Sabbath that has the metal used to make the Eiffel Tower |
| 33% | SAN | 3 | "Fake Tales of ___ Francisco," song by the Arctic Monkeys that refers to a Californian city |
| 33% | MCJOB | 5 | Term that McDonald's campaigned to have removed from the Oxford English Dictionary |
| 33% | NUB | 3 | Pencil that's been used nearly to the eraser |
| 33% | TORY | 4 | Term used in the American Revolution to describe those who remained loyal to the British Crown and government |
| 33% | SHRINKFLATION | 13 | Term added to Merriam-Webster in 2023 that refers to the practice of reducing a product's size while continuing to offer it at the same price |