| 100% | GOTUPEARLY | 10 | Arose to catch the proverbial worm |
| 51% | EARLY | 5 | Like the proverbial worm-catching bird |
| 45% | DRAB | 4 | Unlikely to catch the eye |
| 45% | SNARE | 5 | One way to catch the game |
| 45% | RAN | 3 | Tried to catch the bus, maybe |
| 45% | HUNT | 4 | When to catch the big game? |
| 44% | STINGS | 6 | Police operations to catch the bad guys |
| 43% | EARLYBIRD | 9 | It catches the worm |
| 43% | EARLY | 5 | "___ bird catches the worm" |
| 42% | EARLYBIRD | 9 | Avian that catches the worm |
| 41% | FISH | 4 | Try to catch flounders at the shore |
| 41% | EARLY | 5 | "The ___ bird catches the worm." |
| 41% | EARLY | 5 | "The ___ bird catches the worm" |
| 40% | PERP | 4 | Whom to catch in the three longest answers |
| 40% | NET | 3 | Tool to catch many fish in the sea |
| 40% | SURF | 4 | Catch a ride to the beach? |
| 40% | ABLE | 4 | "Were you ___ to catch the train?" ("Did you manage to catch the train?") |
| 39% | CRASHPAD | 8 | Place to catch some z’s for the night |
| 39% | SAIL | 4 | Sheet that catches the wind to move a boat |
| 39% | SURFING | 7 | Standing on a board to catch waves at the beach |
| 38% | APPENDIX | 8 | Worm-like pouch attached to the large intestine |
| 38% | BAIT | 4 | Worm used to catch fish, for example |
| 37% | FIELDER | 7 | A player whose job it is to catch or stop the ball |
| 37% | APPENDIX | 8 | A worm-shaped pouch attached to the intestine |
| 37% | GOBI | 4 | Desert home to the legendary Mongolian death worm |
| 37% | GOBI | 4 | Desert home to the alleged Mongolian death worm |
| 37% | WORM | 4 | Early bird's catch, according to the saying |
| 37% | DRAGTHROUGH | 11 | Subject to, as the proverbial mud |
| 37% | HORNS | 5 | Proverbial place to grab the bull |
| 36% | GOBI | 4 | Where the Mongolian death worm is said to live |