| 100% | TERSE | 5 | Brief in one's words |
| 74% | TACTFUL | 7 | Diplomatic in one's words |
| 74% | EARTHY | 6 | Coarse in one's words |
| 63% | ITALICIZE | 9 | Slant one's words, in a way |
| 63% | UNSAY | 5 | Eat one's words, in a way |
| 63% | BACKSPACES | 10 | Removes one's words, in a way |
| 63% | DJED | 4 | Changed one's tune, in brief? |
| 62% | PLAYED | 6 | "___ one's turn in scrabble" (made a word) |
| 62% | EATINGCROW | 10 | Taking back one's words in humiliation |
| 60% | TERSE | 5 | Brief in using words |
| 60% | IRAS | 4 | Savings plans for one's later years, in brief |
| 60% | OUTWIT | 6 | One word in the motto of TV's "Survivor" |
| 57% | ALOHA | 5 | Welcoming word in one U.S. state |
| 57% | USSR | 4 | One-sixth of the world's ground surface until 1991, in brief |
| 57% | SOMEPEOPLE | 10 | Words said while shaking one's head in disgust |
| 56% | DOC | 3 | Word file, in brief |
| 56% | CRUE | 4 | One of two words with an umlaut in a metal band's name |
| 55% | FROMCTOSHININGC | 15 | Words after "brotherhood," in brief |
| 55% | VOCAB | 5 | Words you know, in brief |
| 55% | MCS | 3 | Ones making introductions, in brief |
| 55% | ASL | 3 | In which crossing one's fingers makes the letter "R," in brief |
| 54% | BIO | 3 | Words accompanying a headshot, in brief |
| 54% | MRI | 3 | One might show muscles, in brief |
| 54% | CFO | 3 | One for the books, in brief? |
| 54% | ASIDE | 5 | Words to no one in particular |
| 54% | OBS | 3 | Ones providing postpartum care, in brief |
| 54% | MDS | 3 | Ones calling the shots, in brief? |
| 54% | SLAMPOETS | 9 | Ones in a war of words? |
| 54% | BFF | 3 | Close one, in brief |
| 54% | EDITORS | 7 | Ones getting the last word in |