| 100% | SUNDOG | 6 | Bright spot in the sky, also called parhelion |
| 64% | NOVAE | 5 | Bright spots in the sky |
| 61% | DOGSTAR | 7 | Bright spot in the night sky |
| 61% | STARS | 5 | Bright spots in the night sky |
| 54% | STAR | 4 | Bright white spot in the night sky |
| 53% | MIRFAK | 6 | Brightest star in the constellation Perseus also called Alpha Persei |
| 51% | PAYDAY | 6 | Bright spot in the workweek |
| 50% | BELLATRIX | 9 | Third brightest star in the constellation Orion also called Gamma Orionis |
| 48% | NOVA | 4 | Bright sight in the sky |
| 48% | FIREWORK | 8 | Bright explosion in the sky |
| 48% | STAR | 4 | Spot in the night sky |
| 48% | DUMBBELL | 8 | Brightest nebula in the sky |
| 45% | SIRIUS | 6 | Brightest star in the night sky |
| 44% | SIRIUS | 6 | The brightest star in the sky, aka the Dog Star |
| 44% | ANVIL | 5 | Bone in the ear also called the incus |
| 44% | REDFISH | 7 | Also called spottail bass, swims in the Atlantic |
| 44% | DOGSTAR | 7 | Brightest star in the Earth's night sky |
| 43% | VENUS | 5 | Brightest object in the night sky, after the moon |
| 43% | SUN | 3 | Great ball of fire in the sky, also central to this grid's theme |
| 43% | ZANTE | 5 | Island in the Ionian Sea also called Zakynthos |
| 43% | BACKBEND | 8 | Stretch also called the wheel pose in yoga |
| 42% | KATATJUTA | 9 | Mounds in the Aussie outback also called the Olgas |
| 42% | SARINE | 6 | Swiss river in the Bernese Alps, also called Saane |
| 42% | ARCTURUS | 8 | Fourth brightest star in the night sky |
| 41% | VELA | 4 | Constellation in the southern sky also known as the Sails |
| 41% | SIRIUS | 6 | The brightest star in the night sky, aka Dog Star |
| 41% | JOHNNYCASH | 10 | Country legend also called the "Man in Black" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | KEELING | 7 | — Islands, group in the Indian Ocean also called the Cocos Islands |
| 40% | RIGEL | 5 | Sixth-brightest star in the sky |
| 40% | ARCTURUS | 8 | Fourth-brightest star in the sky |