| 100% | ALCHEMY | 7 | Ancient quest to turn base metals into gold |
| 73% | ALCHEMY | 7 | Science thought to turn base metal into gold |
| 43% | ALCHEMY | 7 | Forerunner of chemistry concerned with the conversion of base metals into gold |
| 41% | LEAD | 4 | What alchemists try to turn into gold |
| 39% | MIDAS | 5 | Legendary Greek king able to turn what he touched into gold |
| 39% | ALCHEMIST | 9 | Scientist concerned with turning metals to gold |
| 39% | ALCHEMY | 7 | Mythological art of turning metals to gold |
| 38% | MIDAS | 5 | Legendary Greek king able to turn that which he touched into gold |
| 38% | ALCHEMY | 7 | "Magical" science of turning metals into gold |
| 37% | ALCHEMIST | 9 | Originally tried to convert metal into gold |
| 36% | PORTION | 7 | Pressure on gold to turn into chunk |
| 33% | OSSIFY | 6 | To turn into bone, to petrify |
| 32% | FERMENT | 7 | Begin to turn into wine |
| 32% | TULIPS | 6 | Time to turn features into flowers |
| 32% | SMELT | 5 | Turn ore into metal |
| 32% | DYES | 4 | Turns to gold, perhaps |
| 31% | GARAGESALE | 10 | One way to turn clutter into cash |
| 31% | ROTATE | 6 | Turn gold over to gallery |
| 31% | MIDAS | 5 | Mythical king whose touch turned things to gold |
| 30% | CONGEAL | 7 | To turn a liquid into a substance resembling jelly |
| 30% | ENRAGE | 6 | Cause Bruce Banner to turn into the Hulk, say |
| 30% | DYE | 3 | Turn silver to gold, in a way |
| 30% | MAKETHEBESTOFIT | 15 | Turn lemons into lemonade, so to speak |
| 30% | ENGRAVED | 8 | To have cut a pattern into metal |
| 29% | GRATER | 6 | Metal object for turning cheese into small pieces |
| 29% | PLANCHET | 8 | Metal disk to be made into a coin |
| 29% | MIDAS | 5 | All he touched turned to gold |
| 29% | MIDAS | 5 | Mythical king who turned things to gold |
| 29% | LAURELTREE | 10 | What Daphne turned into, to escape Apollo |
| 28% | SCREW | 5 | Turn a metal fastener into a wall with a driver |