| 100% | TRUSS | 5 | “Iceberg lettuce in blond wig outlasts Liz ___” (Guardian headline in October of 2022) |
| 35% | TRUSS | 5 | "The Lettuce Outlasts Liz ___" (2022 New York Times headline) |
| 30% | THEQUEUE | 8 | Nickname for a 10-mile line of people that made headlines in Sept. 2022 |
| 25% | ENDS | 4 | “Halloween ___” (slasher sequel released in October, 2022) |
| 24% | ICEBERG | 7 | Type of lettuce in a wedge salad |
| 24% | AFIRE | 5 | Like much of Chicago in October 1871 |
| 24% | AREAMAN | 7 | Frequent subject of headlines in The Onion |
| 24% | STARWARS | 8 | #2 in franchise grosses (as of 2022) |
| 24% | TALOS | 5 | Guardian of Crete, in myth |
| 24% | CHERUBIM | 8 | Guardians of Eden, in Genesis |
| 24% | ASP | 3 | Well of Souls guardian, in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" |
| 24% | NYMPHS | 6 | In Greek mythology, the guardian spirits of nature |
| 24% | SCORPIO | 7 | Sign of the zodiac in October and November |
| 24% | TALOS | 5 | Guardian of Crete, in classical myth |
| 23% | JACKO | 5 | "King of Pop," in headlines |
| 23% | KATE | 4 | Duchess of Cambridge, in headlines |
| 23% | WATER | 5 | It makes up about 96% of iceberg lettuce's weight |
| 23% | LIAM | 4 | Most popular boys’ name of 2022, in the U.S. |
| 23% | TRUSS | 5 | Liz who resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after less than two months (October, 2022) |
| 23% | TALOS | 5 | Brass guardian of Crete, in myth |
| 23% | IKE | 3 | POTUS of 1953-61, in headlines |
| 23% | JACKO | 5 | The King of Pop, in headlines |
| 23% | ARI | 3 | Stepfather of JFK Jr., in headlines |
| 23% | PANAMA | 6 | Eponym of “papers” in 2016 headlines |
| 23% | WHICH | 5 | Publication of the Consumers' Association that first appeared in October 1957 |
| 23% | EDAM | 4 | One of the cheeses "Mythbusters" tested as ammunition in October 2009 |
| 23% | CREDIT | 6 | ___-default swap (type of financial agreement that made headlines in 2008) |
| 23% | LORAX | 5 | Guardian of truffula trees, in a children's book |
| 23% | FLORIDAMAN | 10 | Subject of bizarre headlines, in a twenty-tens meme |
| 23% | ABOMB | 5 | Weapon of mass destruction in '45 headlines |