| 100% | FUZZYMATH | 9 | Approach to arithmetic that emphasizes underlying ideas rather than exact calculations |
| 25% | ERE | 3 | Rather than, to Cowper |
| 24% | GENTLEPARENTING | 15 | Approach to upbringing that dissuades upbraiding |
| 23% | BACKTOBASICS | 12 | Approach that emphasizes fundamentals |
| 23% | AUDIOBOOK | 9 | Novel that you can listen to rather than read |
| 23% | ETHIC | 5 | Hacker ___ (philosophy that emphasizes free access to information) |
| 22% | THROWBACK | 9 | Idea that harks back to past times |
| 21% | SPREADSHEET | 11 | Computer program that enables the generation of tables of arithmetic calculations |
| 21% | ALE | 3 | Beer that's faster to brew than lager |
| 21% | ALLEGORIC | 9 | Art that uses characters to represent an idea |
| 21% | MARIAMEKABA | 11 | Organizer who said, “Let this radicalize you rather than lead you to despair” |
| 20% | ESSE | 4 | "___ quam videri" ("To be rather than to seem") |
| 20% | STAYCATE | 8 | To remain local rather than holidaying abroad |
| 20% | SCRIMPS | 7 | Uses rather less than necessary and thus manages to save |
| 20% | NOME | 4 | Alaskan city that's closer to Russia than to Anchorage |
| 20% | OED | 3 | Ref. work that took more than 70 years to complete |
| 20% | ROME | 4 | City that took more than a day to be built |
| 20% | DOA | 3 | Like an idea that’s doomed to fail, in slang |
| 19% | ANGER | 5 | "He that is slow to ___ is better than the mighty": Proverbs |
| 19% | SERENGETI | 9 | National park that's home to more than 3,000 lions |
| 19% | MAMA | 4 | Parental term that is phonetically more difficult to say than "dada" |
| 19% | INBOXZERO | 9 | Email management approach that aims to have no unread emails: 2 wds. |
| 19% | ASIA | 4 | Continent that's home to more than half the world's population |
| 19% | RHINOS | 6 | Large Sumatran beasts that now are estimated to number less than 100 |
| 19% | GUAM | 4 | U.S. territory that's closer to Australia than the United States |
| 19% | REDPILL | 7 | Truth that might be hard to swallow, in more ways than one |
| 19% | NICETRY | 7 | "It's gonna take a lot more than that to fool me!" |
| 19% | INN | 3 | Place to stay that's more upscale than a motel |
| 19% | INPERSON | 8 | Face to face rather than on the phone |
| 19% | KETO | 4 | Diet that forces the body to break down fat rather than carbs, informally |