| 100% | LIFECYCLE | 9 | All stages of existence, from birth to death |
| 59% | LIFESPAN | 8 | The length of time from birth to death |
| 58% | LIFECYCLE | 9 | *Series of changes from birth to death |
| 58% | LIFECYCLE | 9 | Stages in from birth to death |
| 57% | LIFESPAN | 8 | Period of years from birth to death: 2 wds. |
| 52% | LIFELONG | 8 | From birth to death |
| 50% | LIFECYCLE | 9 | Progression from birth to death |
| 49% | LIFE{TIMES} | 11 | Durations that span from birth to death |
| 43% | BORNE | 5 | Gave birth to, came from or out of |
| 39% | LIFE | 4 | Birth to death period |
| 39% | GOODNIGHT | 9 | "... and to all a ___!" (end of "A Visit from St. Nicholas") |
| 36% | NEONATES | 8 | Babies from birth to four weeks |
| 36% | CHILDHOOD | 9 | Period from birth to becoming an adult |
| 36% | PIGLET | 6 | A young porker from birth to weaning |
| 36% | RULE | 4 | "One ring to ___ them all...," inscription on the One Ring from "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 34% | GROWTH | 6 | Stage of development to make a business bigger |
| 33% | GREATDIVIDE | 11 | Passage from life to death |
| 33% | ODB | 3 | Founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan who took his stage name from a 1980 Chinese martial-arts movie, to fans |
| 33% | AUTOPSY | 7 | Examining a corpse to determine cause of death |
| 33% | AUTOPSY | 7 | Medical examination to assess a cause of death |
| 32% | SOLELY | 6 | To the exclusion of all else |
| 32% | THROUGH | 7 | From one end of to the other |
| 32% | FRIGHT | 6 | Stage __, fear of performing to an audience |
| 32% | OUR | 3 | Belonging to all of us |
| 31% | PILLAR | 6 | From __ to post, means zipping around all over |
| 31% | SEQUESTER | 9 | To separate a jury from all outside influence |
| 31% | ROADS | 5 | All of them lead to Rome, they say |
| 31% | ESCAPE | 6 | To get away from, out of a restraint |
| 31% | LIFELONG | 8 | For all of one's existence |
| 31% | RISEN | 5 | Restored from death to fix siren |