| 100% | ENAMEL | 6 | Awfully mean to the Spanish - that’s hard |
| 84% | ENAMEL | 6 | Terribly mean to the Spanish - that’s hard |
| 84% | ENAMEL | 6 | Terribly mean to the Spanish - that's hard |
| 84% | ENAMEL | 6 | Terribly mean to the Spanish — that's hard |
| 47% | HUMPDAY | 7 | Part of the week that's hard to get over |
| 46% | BEAT | 4 | ___ someone to the punch, phrase that originated in boxing that means to anticipate someone's actions |
| 45% | ROME | 4 | World capital that's home to the Spanish Steps |
| 44% | SALAMANCA | 9 | Spanish city that's home to the country's oldest university |
| 42% | LONDON | 6 | "It's ___ to a brick," idiom with the English capital that means "indicate with a high certainty" |
| 42% | BREAKING | 8 | "___ Up Is Hard to Do," 1962 song by Neil Sedaka that topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |
| 41% | VENIR | 5 | Verb that means the same thing in Spanish and French |
| 41% | DELMAR | 6 | Surname that means “of the sea” in Spanish |
| 41% | MORASS | 6 | Situation that’s hard to escape |
| 41% | ROCKET | 6 | ___ science, phrase associated with astronauts that means "very hard to understand" |
| 40% | DEEPEST | 7 | Like the secrets that are the hardest to share |
| 40% | DELICATEBALANCE | 15 | Harmonious state that’s hard to maintain |
| 40% | BOA | 3 | Wrapper that's hard to remove? |
| 40% | STASH | 5 | Store that's hard to find |
| 40% | SECRETCODE | 10 | Writing that's hard to read |
| 40% | PAGETURNER | 10 | Something that's hard to close? |
| 40% | ESP | 3 | Gift that's hard to believe |
| 40% | PLAIT | 5 | Lock that's hard to open? |
| 40% | MOVINGT | 7 | Mark that's hard to hit |
| 40% | KNOT | 4 | Tie that's hard to untie |
| 40% | EEL | 3 | Fish that's hard to hold |
| 40% | URGE | 4 | Thing that's hard to resist |
| 40% | CROW | 4 | Bird that's hard to eat? |
| 40% | JENESAISQUOI | 12 | Quality that's hard to express |
| 40% | ANACONDA | 8 | Wrapper that's hard to remove? |
| 40% | GIMME | 5 | Shot that's hard to miss |