| 100% | LINGUA | 6 | ___ franca, commonly used to refer to English (adopted common language) |
| 46% | HYP | 3 | Abbreviation commonly used to refer to the "Big Three" |
| 44% | ERE | 3 | Word used to refer to time in old english |
| 43% | SAVED | 5 | ___ by the bell, boxing term that's commonly used to refer to narrow escapes |
| 43% | COUNT | 5 | Down for the ___, boxing term that's commonly used to refer to lost struggles |
| 42% | HEAVYWEIGHT | 11 | Boxing class, also a word commonly used to refer to something that's "important or influential" |
| 42% | SLAMDUNK | 8 | Basketball shot, also a word commonly used to refer to something done very successfully: 2 wds. |
| 42% | AND | 3 | Most commonly used conjunction in the English language |
| 42% | POST | 4 | First past the ___, British horse racing term that's commonly used to refer to a voting system |
| 39% | DARK | 4 | "___ horse," common phrase used to refer to an unexpected winner, that has its origins in horse racing |
| 38% | HYPHEN | 6 | English language punctuation that looks like - and is used to connect compound words |
| 38% | HOME | 4 | "___ stretch," common phrase used to refer to the final part of an activity, that has its origins in horse racing |
| 37% | BLAH | 4 | Used to refer to unexciting thing |
| 37% | ALL | 3 | Used to refer to whole quantity |
| 37% | SHE | 3 | Used to refer to a lady |
| 35% | EIRE | 4 | Another name used to refer to Ireland |
| 35% | SHE | 3 | Word used to refer to a female |
| 35% | PIGS | 4 | Animals often used to refer to fascists |
| 35% | MLK | 3 | Letters used to refer to Martin Luther King |
| 35% | SHE | 3 | Pronoun used to refer to ships and baseballs |
| 35% | MOI | 3 | Pronoun Miss Piggy uses to refer to herself |
| 34% | SWEETENER | 9 | Word used to refer to an alternative to sugar |
| 34% | ALTEREGO | 8 | Latin term often used to refer to another self |
| 34% | INFANT | 6 | Word used to refer to young baboon or monkey |
| 34% | CHICKEN | 7 | Type of bird used to refer to a coward |
| 34% | LUMBAGO | 7 | Old word we used to refer to back pain |
| 34% | BEAR | 4 | Mama ___, phrase used to refer to a protective mother |
| 34% | LOCO | 4 | Prefix with "motive" often used to refer to trains |
| 34% | TUNDRA | 6 | Sámi loanword used to refer to an Arctic biome |
| 34% | COUCH | 5 | ___ potato, phrase used to refer to a lazy person |