| 100% | APPLEOFMYI | 10 | Affectionate idiom that originally referred to a pupil |
| 41% | PUSHER | 6 | "A cookie ___," idiom that refers to someone who flatters others for self-serving motives |
| 40% | CLAPPERS | 8 | Going like the __, idiom that refers to bells |
| 39% | PEASOUP | 7 | Phrase that can refer to a vegetable dish or a thick fog |
| 39% | REFLEXIVE | 9 | A pronoun that refers back to the subject |
| 39% | NOUN | 4 | Word that refers to a person, place, animal, thing |
| 38% | GRIOT | 5 | Word that can refer to a West African oral historian or a Haitian pork dish |
| 37% | GALA | 4 | Word that refers to a lavish party, which originated from French |
| 37% | DDR | 3 | Abbreviation that can refer to East Germany or a Konami game |
| 37% | ESL | 3 | Course that might devote a section to idioms: abbr. |
| 37% | THETEAM | 7 | "Take one for ___," sports idiom that refers to making sacrifices for others: 2 wds. |
| 37% | KEG | 3 | Word that refers to a beer container, which originated from Old Norse |
| 37% | FOOD | 4 | ___ scarcity, term referring to a lack of nutritional sources that is a proposed theory for the extinction of dinosaurs |
| 36% | AUTO | 4 | Referred to a car |
| 36% | BIRDIE | 6 | Term that refers to a golf score that is one less than par |
| 36% | ALCOHOL | 7 | Word that refers to a liquid used in cocktails, which originated from Latin |
| 36% | STORM | 5 | "___ in a teacup," weather related idiom that refers to excessive worry about something trivial |
| 36% | REMITS | 6 | Refers to a higher authority |
| 36% | FEST | 4 | Word that refers to a celebration with a specific focus, which originated from German |
| 36% | SIGMA | 5 | Greek letter that refers to a lone wolf, in Gen-Z slang |
| 35% | LONDON | 6 | "It's ___ to a brick," idiom with the English capital that means "indicate with a high certainty" |
| 35% | SHE | 3 | Refers to a female person or animal |
| 35% | DOBERMANN | 9 | ___ Pinscher, a German breed that was originally bred in order to protect the owner |
| 34% | OKA | 3 | Lada automobile brand that originally had a 40 cu in engine and was given to many service veterans free |
| 34% | CHESS | 5 | Word that refers to a strategic board game with black-and-white squares, and ends with "ss" |
| 34% | MRS | 3 | Title referred to a married woman |
| 34% | GAL | 3 | Casual term referring to a girl |
| 34% | BRICK | 5 | ___ Gothic, term that refers to a specific subset of Gothic architecture |
| 34% | KEEPER | 6 | Word that follows "horse" to refers to a stable caretaker |
| 34% | MARKET | 6 | Word that follows "black" to refer to a shadow economy |