| 100% | ANIMISTIC | 9 | Believing that the universe has a soul |
| 50% | IGUESSITSFINITE | 15 | "So much for my theory that the universe has no end"? |
| 45% | ANIMISTS | 8 | People who believe that all natural objects have souls |
| 45% | PLATO | 5 | Philosopher who believed that the physical world is only a shadow of true reality |
| 43% | TINSEL | 6 | Yuletide product that the company Brite Star has a near-monopoly on |
| 42% | ODES | 4 | Poems that often have "to a" in the title |
| 42% | OBVERSE | 7 | The side of a coin that has the principal design |
| 42% | BAD | 3 | Word to a dog that has just chewed the sofa |
| 42% | LID | 3 | Part of the eye that a fish doesn't have |
| 41% | PINTO | 5 | Car model that the NHTSA announced on August 11, 1977, had a defective fuel system |
| 41% | UPROOTED | 8 | Like a tree that has been lifted out of the ground |
| 41% | UBER | 4 | Transit app that has become a byword for the sharing economy |
| 41% | YES | 3 | Band that had the #1 hit "Owner of a Lonely Heart" |
| 41% | ANIMISTS | 8 | Those who believe everything has a spirit |
| 41% | OFF | 3 | Like a faucet that has been turned all the way clockwise, say |
| 40% | SOMETHINGSAFOOT | 15 | "I have an strange feeling that a mystery's in the air!" |
| 40% | NAPA | 4 | Auto parts chain that has the same name as a California wine valley |
| 40% | TALISMAN | 8 | Object believed to have magical qualities that will protect the wearer from evil |
| 40% | POWERGRID | 9 | Game that has a 2-sided board, Germany and the USA |
| 40% | REM | 3 | Band that had a hit with "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" |
| 40% | HORNBILL | 8 | Tropical bird that has a casque on the mandible |
| 40% | STEVEHARVEY | 11 | Current "Family Feud" host who had a famous flub while hosting the 2015 Miss Universe pageant (2 wds.) |
| 39% | EPIC | 4 | “The novel is the ___ of a world that has been abandoned by God”: György Lukács |
| 39% | TRIBE | 5 | Nickname of the MLB club that has the fuscia-colored Slider for a mascot |
| 39% | ART | 3 | "Life beats down and crushes the soul and ___ reminds you that you have one" |
| 39% | ALA | 3 | State that has a small border with the Gulf of Mexico: Abbr. |
| 39% | NEWS | 4 | Word that has a backronymic false etymology rooted in the cardinal directions |
| 39% | ALASKA | 6 | US state that has a shoreline on the Beaufort Sea |
| 39% | GAYBAR | 6 | Establishment that might have a rainbow flag in the window |
| 39% | NILE | 4 | River that once had a tributary called the Khufu Branch |