| 100% | ALPHA | 5 | Code word for A in radio communications |
| 82% | ZULU | 4 | Code word for Z in radio communication |
| 56% | ALFA | 4 | Communications code word for "A" |
| 55% | ALFA | 4 | Code word for A |
| 52% | ALFA | 4 | Word for A in the US NATO Phonetic Alphabet |
| 51% | PIMIENTO | 8 | Word for a pepper in Spanish |
| 50% | BAMBINO | 7 | Word for a young child (especially in Italian) |
| 49% | NOUN | 4 | Word for a person or a place, in grammar |
| 49% | DECIDUOUS | 9 | Word for a tree that loses leaves in winter |
| 49% | ZULU | 4 | Radio code word for Z |
| 49% | CASTLE | 6 | Another informal word for a rook in chess |
| 48% | ALFA | 4 | Code word for "A" |
| 48% | ABLE | 4 | Code word for "A" |
| 48% | ALFAS | 5 | Code words for "A" |
| 48% | PAPA | 4 | Code word for the letter P in the NATO phonetic alphabet |
| 48% | YANKEE | 6 | Code word for the letter Y in the NATO phonetic alphabet |
| 48% | CAUTION | 7 | Another word for a yellow card in rugby union |
| 47% | NOWPLAYING | 10 | Trailer-ending words for a movie that’s already in theatres |
| 46% | ELSE | 4 | Word in a coding statement |
| 46% | HORCHATA | 8 | Word for a cold, sweet drink that was added to Merriam-Webster in 2021 |
| 46% | GROK | 4 | Word for “understand” coined in a 1961 sci-fi novel |
| 46% | PALO | 4 | Word for "stick" found in a Bay Area city name |
| 46% | DASH | 4 | Symbol for a longer sound in Morse code |
| 46% | SYN | 3 | Word in a thesaurus, for short |
| 45% | STAR | 4 | A word for a performer, like what's in the sky |
| 45% | ALAI | 4 | Basque word for "merry" in a court game |
| 45% | SANGFROID | 9 | French word for calm in a crisis |
| 45% | AIRFRYER | 8 | Word for a small kitchen appliance that was added to Merriam-Webster in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 45% | PIN | 3 | Acronym for a numeric code used in electronic financial transactions |
| 45% | RAS | 3 | Arabic for a "head" ; Common word in Arabic place names |