| 100% | MATTER | 6 | Dark __, stuff in space that emits no light |
| 41% | NEON | 4 | Signs that light up in the dark? |
| 40% | RUM | 3 | Liquor that comes in dark and light varieties |
| 40% | RYE | 3 | Bread that comes in light, dark, and Pumpernickel |
| 40% | DARKMATTER | 10 | Hypothetical space stuff that doesn't interact with light |
| 37% | DARKMATTER | 10 | Hypothetical stuff in space |
| 36% | BLACKHOLE | 9 | Dark, empty place in outer space that pulls |
| 35% | NORTHERN | 8 | ___ lights, polar light show also known as "aurora borealis"...and a nighttime wonder that glows in the dark! |
| 34% | NEBULA | 6 | A mass in space that appears as a cloud |
| 34% | LED | 3 | Semiconductor device that emits light |
| 34% | GLOWWORM | 8 | Beetle larva that emits light |
| 33% | RADIATOR | 8 | A device that emits light or heat |
| 33% | LASERS | 6 | Devices that emit focused beams of light |
| 33% | BLACKHOLE | 9 | Dark spot in outer space |
| 33% | AIR | 3 | Stuff that is breathed in |
| 33% | SUNSHINE | 8 | Light that's basked in |
| 33% | AMONGUS | 7 | Video game set in space that went viral in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 32% | EBONY | 5 | Dark wood that sinks in water |
| 32% | SKYLAB | 6 | Space station that crashed in 1979 |
| 32% | EXIT | 4 | Lit word in a dark theater |
| 32% | ALIST | 5 | Those with no problem getting in |
| 32% | DORM | 4 | Living space that may be empty in the summer |
| 32% | DORMS | 5 | Living spaces that are often empty in the summer |
| 32% | ALGAE | 5 | Stuff that grows in a stagnant pond |
| 32% | SOD | 3 | Stuff that's laid in a yard |
| 32% | MIR | 3 | Space station that was deorbited in 2001 |
| 32% | RPMS | 4 | Nos. that NASCAR mechanics are interested in |
| 31% | TANG | 4 | Drink used in space travel that Buzz Aldrin said "sucks" |
| 31% | RAINCLOUD | 9 | Dark mass in the sky that produces precipitation |
| 31% | ROUGHAGE | 8 | Tough stuff in food that aids digestion process |