| 100% | THEY | 4 | American Dialect Society's word of the year for 2015 |
| 74% | MORPH | 5 | American Dialect Society's Word of the Year in 1994 which means "to change form" |
| 59% | TWEET | 5 | The first was in July 2006, but it was the American Dialect Society's word of the year in 2009 |
| 58% | BECAUSE | 7 | Conjunction that was the American Dialect Society’s 2013 Word of the Year |
| 55% | APP | 3 | The American Dialect Society voted it the 2010 Word of the Year |
| 51% | GOBLIN | 6 | With 27 Across, Oxford's Word of the Year for 2022, defined as self-indulgent behavior |
| 43% | JAZZ | 4 | Musical genre that was named the Word of the Twentieth Century by the American Dialect Society |
| 43% | GIULIANI | 8 | Time's Person of the Year for 2001 |
| 43% | ADELE | 5 | Billboard's Artist of the Year for 2011 |
| 42% | OBAMA | 5 | Time's Person of the Year for 2008 and 2012 |
| 42% | DENG | 4 | Time's Man of the Year for 1978 and 1985 |
| 41% | OED | 3 | It's 2021 word of the year was "vax" |
| 41% | GOBLINMODE | 10 | Oxford English Dictionary's Word of the Year in 2022, describing an unapologetically self-indulgent state |
| 41% | ONE | 3 | Last word of the year |
| 41% | EMOJI | 5 | Text picture that was the OED's 2015 Word of the Year |
| 40% | ONE | 3 | Last word of the year, often |
| 40% | MILEY | 5 | With 3-Down, MTV's Artist of the Year for 2013 |
| 40% | VAPE | 4 | Oxford English Dictionary's 2014 word of the year |
| 39% | PHRASE | 6 | Occasional Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year, oddly |
| 39% | NOVEMBER | 8 | Month of the year for Thanksgiving and Armistice |
| 39% | ONEAL | 5 | NBA Rookie of the Year for 1992-93 |
| 39% | ONE | 3 | "Three...two...___..." (last words of the year, often) |
| 39% | ELUL | 4 | End of the year, for some |
| 39% | GOBLIN | 6 | With 13-Across, Oxford's 2022 Word of the Year |
| 39% | SUMMER | 6 | Season of the year for the Japanese Obon festival |
| 39% | APR | 3 | Fourth month of the year, for short |
| 39% | MAR | 3 | Third month of the year, for short |
| 39% | SEP | 3 | Ninth month of the year, for short |
| 39% | AUG | 3 | Eighth month of the year, for short |
| 39% | FEB | 3 | Shortest month of the year, for short |