| 100% | WHOKNEW | 7 | Comment after an amazing fact is stated |
| 41% | IMOK | 4 | Comment after an accident |
| 41% | UHOH | 4 | Comment after an accident |
| 35% | KNEEL | 5 | Be in an altared state? |
| 35% | DONTBLOWIT | 10 | Snarky comment after "This is your big chance" |
| 35% | MENU | 4 | It's taken after an order is given |
| 35% | SPEECH | 6 | When repeated, cry after an award is bestowed |
| 34% | BABYSIT | 7 | Look after an infant while the parents are out |
| 33% | CLEARTHEWEIGH | 13 | Embarrassed person's comment after getting off an electronic scale? |
| 33% | AETNA | 5 | An insurance giant who is named after a volcano |
| 32% | SWIMMEETTEENNEEDLED | 19 | Headline after an adolescent at a pool competition is made fun of? |
| 32% | UTE | 3 | Tribe after which the 45th state is named |
| 31% | TOWEL | 5 | Drying cloth which is also an after-swim need |
| 31% | GOA | 3 | Indian state where an electronic music genre was created |
| 31% | ELK | 3 | An antlered animal, after whom Alberta's ___ Island National Park is named |
| 31% | TEXAS | 5 | State that was an independent country for a decade beginning in 1836 |
| 31% | ASIMOV | 6 | Writer after whom an asteroid and Mars crater are named |
| 30% | EXISTENCE | 9 | The fact or state of living or being |
| 30% | AWE | 3 | Feeling after witnessing an amazing feat |
| 30% | BADER | 5 | Ruth ___ Ginsburg, who after an injury was offered rib donations by well-wishers (November, 2018) |
| 30% | EQUATORIAL | 10 | ___ Guinea, the only African state where Spanish is an official language |
| 30% | BORGWARNER | 10 | Annual trophy named after an automotive supplier which is awarded to the Indianapolis 500 winner: Hyph. |
| 29% | LISA | 4 | Daughter of Steve Jobs, after whom an early Apple computer was named |
| 29% | REXTILLERSON | 12 | US Secretary of State who was formerly an Exxon executive: 2 wds. |
| 29% | SIDESLIP | 8 | Aerodynamic state where an aircraft is moving somewhat sideways and forward as well |
| 28% | MERGE | 5 | It may be needed after an entrance |
| 28% | DELAWARE | 8 | U.S. state where getting married on a dare is grounds for an annulment |
| 28% | ILIED | 5 | Comment after "So" |
| 28% | ITRIED | 6 | Comment after bombing |
| 27% | OOPS | 4 | Comment after a spill |