| 100% | ARPANET | 7 | D.O.D. project that grew into today’s “information superhighway” |
| 39% | ARPANET | 7 | D.O.D. project that foreshadowed the World Wide Web |
| 36% | PUDDINGONTHEDOG | 15 | Sure sign that Spot got into today's dessert? |
| 35% | ACORNS | 6 | Nuts that grow into oaks |
| 34% | SEED | 4 | Grain that grows into a plant |
| 34% | ACORN | 5 | Nut that grows into an oak |
| 34% | TADPOLES | 8 | Pond swimmers that grow into frogs |
| 34% | FAWNS | 5 | Babies that grow into does or stags |
| 32% | IDEA | 4 | Thought that grows into a billion-dollar business, e.g. |
| 31% | LIONCUBS | 8 | Ones that'll grow into their pride? |
| 29% | BACH | 4 | Name that follows J. S. or P. D. Q. |
| 29% | TARANTO | 7 | Italian city that becomes a Canadian city by changing its two A's into O's |
| 28% | DERP | 4 | O.E.D. addition of 2013 that's akin to "D'oh!" |
| 28% | COLT | 4 | Animal that will grow up into a stallion |
| 27% | PIER | 4 | Pillared landing that projects into the sea or lake |
| 27% | MAYI | 4 | Question that looks like today's date |
| 27% | THOUGHT | 7 | Idea that pops into one's head |
| 27% | DATA | 4 | Information that's processed |
| 27% | NEWS | 4 | Information that’s broken |
| 26% | LILACS | 6 | “Green Grow the ___” (play that Rodgers and Hammerstein adapted into “Oklahoma!”) |
| 26% | WPA | 3 | Org. that oversaw F.D.R.'s Federal Project Number One |
| 26% | CASSINI | 7 | Probe that dove into Saturn's atmosphere in 2017 |
| 26% | MACARONIART | 11 | Kid's craft project that uses pasta |
| 26% | ERITU | 5 | Song that ends "O dolcezze perdute! O speranze d'amor, d'amor, d'amor!" |
| 26% | FACT | 4 | Information that's easily verified |
| 26% | ONEAMSHADOW | 11 | Stubble that grew since that morning's shave |
| 26% | WHISKERS | 8 | Hairs that grow out of animal's snout |
| 26% | DRILLEDBITE | 11 | *Hors d'oeuvre that's been carefully instructed? |
| 26% | STAYEDPUTSCH | 12 | Coup d'état that's been judicially suspended? |
| 25% | AGOUTI | 6 | Rodent that's into sugar cane |