| 100% | REED | 4 | A grass-like plant found in the wetlands (rhymes with "need") |
| 49% | SEDGE | 5 | Any of various grass-like plants with a triangular stem associated with wetlands |
| 47% | UNDRESSED | 9 | In the raw, like a salad with no liquid flavoring |
| 46% | EGRET | 5 | A white heron, often found in the wetlands or near marshes |
| 45% | STYES | 5 | Afflictions that rhyme with the body parts they're found in |
| 44% | EYE | 3 | "___ in the Sky," song by the Alan Parsons Project with a rhyming title |
| 44% | GREENER | 7 | Like the grass on the other side, in a saying |
| 44% | SLIM | 4 | Like the odds of finding a needle in a haystack |
| 44% | DISH | 4 | It fled with the spoon, in a rhyme |
| 44% | SNAKE | 5 | "___ in the grass," phrase for an unfaithful friend with a hissing reptile in it |
| 43% | BETELNUTS | 9 | Stimulants that originate from a plant found in the Philippines |
| 43% | DISH | 4 | It ran away with the spoon, in a nursery rhyme |
| 43% | FLOWERS | 7 | Plants with petals, found in a bouquet |
| 43% | FALLINGDOWN | 11 | Like the contents of this puzzle's circled squares, in a nursery rhyme |
| 43% | DISH | 4 | One who ran away with the spoon, in a nursery rhyme |
| 43% | SPOON | 5 | Utensil that the dish ran away with, in a nursery rhyme |
| 42% | POLAR | 5 | Like bears found in the Arctic |
| 41% | INDEED | 6 | Job listings website founded in 2004, the year I graduated from college and needed to find a job |
| 41% | EDEN | 4 | Place with a snake in the grass |
| 41% | IKEA | 4 | Company name aptly found in "The bookcase came together like a charm!" |
| 41% | SLANT | 5 | Lean like the tower in Pisa (rhymes with "plant") |
| 40% | DEW | 3 | A precipitation found on plants in the early morning |
| 40% | PROTON | 6 | Found in the nucleus and has a positive charge |
| 40% | SIEVE | 5 | Water draining device with a mesh found in the kitchen |
| 40% | SPARSE | 6 | Like plant life in a desert |
| 40% | RUNTO | 5 | Find in a time of need |
| 39% | HOLYWATER | 9 | Liquid found in the entrance to a Catholic church |
| 39% | LONGU | 5 | What's found in the center of a prune? |
| 39% | CLEAR | 5 | Like a day with no clouds in the sky |
| 39% | IRONIC | 6 | 1996 hit with the lyric "It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife" |