| 100% | GRATITUDE | 9 | Composed taut dirge in recognition |
| 35% | AWARDS | 6 | Prizes in recognition of achievements |
| 34% | PRAISE | 6 | Encouragement in recognition of good work |
| 34% | CALMLY | 6 | In a composed manner |
| 34% | TYPESET | 7 | Composed, in a sense |
| 33% | PEN | 3 | Compose, in a way |
| 32% | REWARD | 6 | Gift given in recognition of one's achievement |
| 32% | DICTATE | 7 | Compose letter in an authoritarian way? |
| 32% | TENTS | 5 | Tepee in taut state |
| 32% | LIPREADER | 9 | Expert in facial recognition? |
| 31% | COOLLY | 6 | Done in a composed manner |
| 31% | DICTATE | 7 | Compose a letter, in a way |
| 30% | FSHARP | 6 | Only key Irving Berlin composed in |
| 30% | RHAPSODY | 8 | George Gershwin composed one in Blue |
| 30% | ACER | 4 | Electronics company hidden in "face recognition" |
| 29% | IRIS | 4 | Body part used in some recognition systems |
| 26% | VIENNAWOODS | 11 | Tales from the —, waltz by Johann Strauss II composed in 1868 |
| 25% | ENYA | 4 | Irish singer who composed in Elvish for "The Lord Of The Rings" |
| 24% | NABUCCO | 7 | Giuseppe Verdi opera composed in 1841 whose title character is king of Babylon |
| 24% | TSK | 3 | Interjection that's composed only of the consonants in "takes to task," appropriately |
| 24% | BEAT | 4 | Rhythmic unit that you may keep in mind while composing a disco number |
| 23% | RHAPSODY | 8 | Gershwin composed one "in blue" |
| 23% | ASH | 3 | What the gray line in the center of Humboldt Fog cheese is composed of |
| 22% | OBOE | 4 | "Gabriel's ___," 1986 song composed by Ennio Morricone with a wind instrument in its title |
| 22% | VOICEPRINCE | 11 | The guy at Buckingham Palace who's in charge of identifying visitors through speech recognition? |
| 21% | LION | 4 | "The ___ King," 1994 Disney classic for which Elton John composed songs in collaboration with Tim Rice |
| 21% | WELCOME | 7 | "___ to the Jungle," 1987 song whose riff by Slash was composed in his mom's basement |
| 21% | WROTE | 5 | Composed |
| 21% | SEDATE | 6 | Composed |
| 21% | COOLASACUCUMBER | 15 | Composed |