| 100% | SIN | 3 | Deed that is considered morally wrong |
| 55% | SINFUL | 6 | Something that is morally wrong |
| 44% | AVARICE | 7 | Extreme greed, that is considered a sin |
| 44% | ENIAC | 5 | 1940s supercomputer that was considered "Turing-complete" |
| 44% | ACCOMPLI | 8 | Fait __, done deed that is assumed irreversible |
| 43% | BLACKCAT | 8 | Dark feline that is considered unlucky by some |
| 43% | PHO | 3 | Soup that is considered Vietnam's national dish |
| 43% | MORTGAGED | 9 | Like Monopoly deeds that are flipped upside down |
| 43% | UNDERDOGS | 9 | The teams that are considered least likely to win |
| 42% | STABS | 5 | Guesses that are probably wrong |
| 41% | POEM | 4 | Rhyming verse written for your beloved that is considered old-school |
| 41% | LETTER | 6 | Handwritten love note for your beloved that is considered old-school |
| 40% | ORNOT | 5 | "...then again, that could be wrong" |
| 40% | WALDEN | 6 | Book by Henry David Thoreau that is considered a seminal work for transcendentalism |
| 40% | ODE | 3 | Romantic verse like 23a written for your beloved that is considered old-school |
| 40% | WHITEBAIT | 9 | A collective term for the immature fry of fish that are considered delicacies |
| 39% | NATRON | 6 | Super salty lake in Tanzania that is considered to be highly dangerous to humans |
| 39% | MYSELF | 6 | "Song of ___," poem by Walt Whitman that is considered one of his finest works |
| 39% | HOWL | 4 | Poem by Allen Ginsberg that is considered a seminal work for the Beat Generation |
| 39% | MIX | 3 | ___ tape, curated collection of love songs for your beloved that is considered old-school |
| 39% | PUN | 3 | Wordplay, that is often considered the lowest form of humor |
| 39% | THYME | 5 | Bouillabaisse seasoning, that was once considered a source of courage |
| 38% | BOXJELLYFISH | 12 | Umbrella-shaped invertebrate that is considered the most venomous animal on the planet: 2 wds. |
| 38% | MURPHYSLAW | 10 | "Anything that can go wrong will" |
| 38% | RYE | 3 | Bread that is dense and often considered to be more healthy |
| 38% | LAND | 4 | "The Waste ___," poem by T.S. Eliot that is considered a seminal work for modernist poetry |
| 38% | OTRANTO | 7 | "The Castle of ___," novel by Horace Walpole that is considered a seminal work for gothic fiction |
| 37% | MURPHYSLAW | 10 | Anything that can go wrong will go wrong |
| 37% | OWL | 3 | Bird that's often considered to be wise |
| 37% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | Clothing that is turned the wrong way around |