| 100% | MORPH | 5 | American Dialect Society's Word of the Year in 1994 which means "to change form" |
| 53% | THEY | 4 | American Dialect Society's word of the year for 2015 |
| 49% | TWEET | 5 | The first was in July 2006, but it was the American Dialect Society's word of the year in 2009 |
| 43% | FAKE | 4 | ___ news, ADS Word of the Year in 2017 which means "disinformation presented as real news" |
| 40% | BECAUSE | 7 | Conjunction that was the American Dialect Society’s 2013 Word of the Year |
| 39% | DIAL | 4 | Word before "up" to mean a form of internet access used in the '90s |
| 38% | APP | 3 | The American Dialect Society voted it the 2010 Word of the Year |
| 36% | CAVEANIMAL | 10 | U.S.A. ___ of the Year (award given to the little brown bat by the National Speleological Society, in 2022) |
| 36% | GOBLINMODE | 10 | Oxford English Dictionary's Word of the Year in 2022, describing an unapologetically self-indulgent state |
| 35% | MOM | 3 | Soccer ___, ADS Word of the Year in 1996 which is a type of suburban parent |
| 33% | CHARM | 5 | What "rizz," Oxford's 2023 Word of the Year, means |
| 33% | AMEN | 4 | Mean to change the last word |
| 32% | SOH | 3 | Beginning of the phrase ending in "CAH-TOA" which has been a blessing to many trig. students over the years |
| 32% | PREFIX | 6 | Placed in front of word to change meaning |
| 32% | ALA | 3 | Words on a menu which means "cooked in the style of": 2 wds. |
| 31% | APPLE | 5 | ___ Inc., American technology company of Macintosh fame which is the most valuable brand according to Forbes in 2019 |
| 31% | ERA | 3 | Short form of bill S.1774 which, in part, would require secret ballot elections to determine union representation |
| 31% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "excitement" that's in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 31% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "commotion" that's in the title of a Shakespeare comedy |
| 31% | FIRST | 5 | Word before "chair" to mean the leading performer's place in an orchestra |
| 30% | WORDOFTHEYEAR | 13 | Annual American Dialect Society award given to seven answers in this puzzle |
| 30% | NHL | 3 | Org. to which the Governor General of Canada donated a trophy in the form of a silver rose bowl in 1892 |
| 30% | JAZZ | 4 | Musical genre that was named the Word of the Twentieth Century by the American Dialect Society |
| 30% | OBAMA | 5 | Time's Person of the Year in 2008 |
| 30% | TAYLORS | 7 | Time's Person of the Year in 2023 |
| 30% | THELIONKING | 11 | Animated film released in 1994 which was influenced by Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and tells the story of a character named Simba: 3 wds. |
| 30% | SELAH | 5 | Word of uncertain meaning that appears in the Bible seventy-four times |
| 29% | AULD | 4 | Word with which to laud the new year |
| 29% | SATE | 4 | Word that can fill in the blanks in _ _ T I A _ _ to form a synonym of itself |
| 29% | EVOLVES | 7 | Changes over the years, in order to adapt |