| 100% | SAID | 4 | Common word in dialogue passages |
| 69% | SAID | 4 | Common word in a novel's dialogue |
| 56% | SAO | 3 | Common word in Brazilian geography |
| 56% | WAS | 3 | Common word in history texts |
| 56% | TRUST | 5 | Common word in bank name |
| 56% | YAR | 3 | Common word in pirate-speak |
| 55% | MUTUAL | 6 | Common word in insurance company names |
| 55% | SAN | 3 | Common word in California town names |
| 54% | THE | 3 | Most common word in English |
| 52% | DOCTOR | 6 | Common word in Marvel's Strange and Doom roles |
| 52% | RETRIEVER | 9 | Common word in the dog breeds golden or Labrador |
| 52% | OPEN | 4 | Common word in the names of major tennis tournaments |
| 52% | THE | 3 | Most common word in the English language |
| 51% | THE | 3 | Most common word in English, according to Oxford |
| 50% | THE | 3 | Most common word in the English language ending in "E" |
| 50% | YOU | 3 | Most common word in the English language ending in "U" |
| 49% | RAS | 3 | Arabic for a "head" ; Common word in Arabic place names |
| 48% | CAMPGROUND | 10 | Only common word in the English language with the consecutive letters MPG |
| 47% | ONOMATOPOEIAUSE | 15 | Common feature in comic book dialogue |
| 47% | EVER | 4 | Word common in fairy tale finales |
| 45% | EAU | 3 | French word common in fragrance names |
| 45% | SPOONFEED | 9 | Longest common word in the English language ... that has its letters in reverse alphabetical order |
| 44% | ALII | 4 | Word that's usually abbreviated in a common Latin phrase |
| 43% | BURRO | 5 | Spanish word for donkey, also common in the US |
| 42% | ETYMOLOGY | 9 | What the two words in each starred answer have in common with each other |
| 42% | INE | 3 | Common word-ending letters that can be pronounced five ways, as demonstrated in five long puzzle answers |
| 40% | SILENTB | 7 | What words like debt, subtle and thumb have in common: 2 wds. |
| 39% | EENY | 4 | Common kid's word for "really small" but you can't use it in Scrabble |
| 39% | THE | 3 | Common word |
| 39% | AND | 3 | Common word |