| 100% | MUCHO | 5 | ___ Gracias (a slang word meaning "lots of") |
| 64% | WOKE | 4 | Slang word meaning "aware of racial prejudice" |
| 63% | WOKE | 4 | Slang word meaning "aware of what's going on" |
| 61% | BREW | 4 | Slang word for a cup of tea |
| 58% | MERRY | 5 | Word meaning "happy" that's used a lot in December |
| 58% | HEW | 3 | Word meaning "cut down" that's a homophone of "hue" |
| 58% | HEWS | 4 | Word meaning "cuts down" that's a homophone of "hues" |
| 58% | SENSE | 5 | Meaning of a word or expression |
| 58% | UTTERROT | 8 | A lot of nonsense! (2 words) |
| 57% | BEWARE | 6 | Word of warning about a mean dog |
| 57% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "excitement" that's in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 57% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "commotion" that's in the title of a Shakespeare comedy |
| 56% | DEFINE | 6 | Describe the meaning of a word |
| 56% | DEFINING | 8 | Explaining the meaning of a word |
| 56% | CHAOS | 5 | Word meaning "state of utter confusion" that is derived from a mythological void |
| 56% | ANTONYM | 7 | A word whose meaning is the opposite of another |
| 56% | NOT | 3 | Word that completely changes the meaning of a sentence |
| 55% | STAIR | 5 | Word with "case" to mean a set of steps |
| 55% | TOP | 3 | Word with "crop" to mean a type of tee |
| 55% | SLAP | 4 | Word with "stick" to mean a style of humor |
| 55% | STAIR | 5 | Word with "case" to mean a flight of steps |
| 55% | DEFINE | 6 | Explain the meaning of, as a word |
| 55% | ATLAS | 5 | Word meaning "book of maps" that is derived from a Titan in Greek mythology |
| 55% | MOCK | 4 | Word used with 13a to mean a simulation of it |
| 54% | ECHO | 4 | Word meaning "rebound of sound" that is derived from a mountain nymph in Greek mythology |
| 54% | TETE | 4 | Word on either side of "a" to mean a private conversation |
| 54% | SPAN | 4 | Word with "life" or "attention" to mean a duration of time |
| 54% | LIST | 4 | Word that follows "black" to mean a record of banned items |
| 54% | PUN | 3 | Joke that plays with different meanings of a word |
| 54% | OPT | 3 | Anagram of "top" for a word that means "decide" |