| 100% | WISE | 4 | A word to the ___ (good piece of advice) |
| 64% | BIT | 3 | "Commit to the ___" (rhyming piece of advice for a sketch comic) |
| 58% | INGOD | 5 | Words to the left of the White House flag on a $20 bill |
| 58% | LYRICAL | 7 | Relating to the words of a song |
| 57% | HEYYOU | 6 | Words to get the attention of a stranger: 2 wds. |
| 57% | FAUN | 4 | "Prelude to the Afternoon of a ___" (Debussy piece) |
| 57% | LIPSYNC | 7 | Mime along to the words of a song |
| 56% | AURATIC | 7 | Relating to the essence of a person or artistic piece |
| 56% | SUFFIX | 6 | Morpheme added to the end of a word, like "itis" |
| 56% | LACK | 4 | "For the ___ of a better word..." |
| 55% | PRIME | 5 | The best years of your life, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 55% | MAXIM | 5 | Words to live by, also the name of a popular men's magazine |
| 55% | RITE | 4 | Word in the title of a famous Stravinsky piece |
| 55% | HILL | 4 | "Notting Mountain," change a word to correct the title of a classic romcom starring Julia Roberts |
| 55% | RICH | 4 | "Crazy Wealthy Asians," change a word to correct the title of a romcom featuring Constance Wu |
| 55% | SCRAM | 5 | A word to the nosy |
| 55% | EIGHT | 5 | Pieces of ___ (old coins, and a double hint about how to follow the money) |
| 54% | BED | 3 | A word that, when written lowercase, looks like the piece of furniture that it represents |
| 54% | PET | 3 | A piece of lint on a string, to Marcel the Shell |
| 54% | HEEDED | 6 | Paid attention to a piece of advice |
| 54% | MAIL | 4 | "You've Got Delivery," change a word to correct the title of a classic romcom starring Tom Hanks |
| 53% | CITIZEN | 7 | Word with "ship" to signify the status of belonging to a country |
| 53% | CAPISCE | 7 | Word at the end of a sentence to mean "Do you understand?" |
| 53% | NOTEBOOK | 8 | "The Diary," change a word to correct the title of a classic romcom featuring Ryan Gosling |
| 53% | WISE | 4 | "A word to the ___" (advice) |
| 52% | PLASTICS | 8 | One-word piece of advice from The Graduate |
| 52% | APE | 3 | Word that means to imitate someone and is also the name of a primate |
| 52% | TOWN | 4 | Word that can follow Hades or Urine to make the title of a musical |
| 52% | DIAL | 4 | Word before "up" to mean a form of internet access used in the '90s |
| 52% | ASSET | 5 | Possession of the good kind, as opposed to a liability |