| 100% | ABCS | 4 | Children have a song to remember these letters |
| 49% | CHANGESTHEWORLD | 15 | Has a huge impact ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 43% | THOUSAND | 8 | This is the first number to have the letter "A" |
| 41% | GAB | 3 | Having a gift of this allows one to speak well |
| 40% | RESIGNED | 8 | To have quit a job, by letter |
| 39% | TWELVE | 6 | Christmas has this many days, according to a song |
| 39% | EYES | 4 | A scallop has up to 200 of these |
| 39% | ABCS | 4 | The letters, to a young child |
| 39% | ABCS | 4 | The 26 letters, to a child |
| 39% | LULLABY | 7 | Soothing song sung to a child |
| 39% | LIVES | 5 | A cat is said to have nine of these |
| 38% | VILLAGE | 7 | It can take this to raise a child |
| 38% | TOY | 3 | Item in a child's letter to Santa |
| 38% | UPSYDAISY | 9 | Said to a child who has fallen over |
| 38% | EIEIO | 5 | Children's song refrain ... with a hint to this puzzle's central nine squares |
| 38% | TAU | 3 | In the system of Greek numerals this letter has a value of 300 |
| 38% | LALALA | 6 | [I can't remember the words to this song] |
| 37% | LULLABY | 7 | Gentle song sung to get a child to sleep |
| 37% | MRSUN | 5 | Character asked to "shine down," in a children's song |
| 37% | PLAYROOM | 8 | Space in a house for children to have fun in |
| 37% | GIRLS | 5 | They "just want to have fun" in a 1984 song |
| 37% | GPT | 3 | You will see these letters suffixed with "chat" to refer to a popular AI bot |
| 36% | EAR | 3 | A mantis is the only animal known to have just one of these |
| 36% | HYPEFEET | 8 | MC Hammer has a "mind to rhyme" and two of these |
| 36% | POT | 3 | Spell this "earthen" word backward to get a child's spinner |
| 36% | TIDEPOD | 7 | Procter & Gamble detergent pack that has a bitter-tasting coating to deter children from eating it |
| 36% | BREATHER | 8 | On a long run you might stop to have one of these |
| 36% | TMI | 3 | "You've said more than you had to" letters in a text |
| 36% | DAISY | 5 | "Oops-a-___," idiom often said to encourage a child who has fallen |
| 35% | AGAIN | 5 | "We have to do this a second time?" |