| 100% | PUG | 3 | Dog sometimes considered to be so ugly that it's cute |
| 40% | TABOOBOOBOO | 11 | Injury that's so embarrassing no one is allowed to mention it? |
| 35% | ISEE | 4 | "Oh, so that's how it's going to be" |
| 35% | ESP | 3 | It's often considered to be pseudoscientific: Abbr. |
| 34% | PIANO | 5 | It's considered to be both a percussion and stringed instrument |
| 34% | SEEMS | 5 | "Sorry ___ to Be the Hardest Word," song by Elton John that talks about how difficult it is to apologize sometimes |
| 34% | AGE | 3 | It's sometimes said to be "just a number" |
| 34% | LOVESICK | 8 | To be so infatuated with someone it causes illness |
| 34% | OWL | 3 | Bird that's considered to be wise |
| 34% | BARK | 4 | Dog's sound that might be worse than its bite |
| 34% | OMAN | 4 | Country whose Wikipedia page might note that it's "not to be confused with Amman" |
| 33% | PENCIL | 6 | It's used to draw so mistakes can be erased |
| 33% | ISEE | 4 | "So that's how it's going to be!" |
| 33% | ISEE | 4 | "Oh, so that's how it is": 2 wds. |
| 33% | ISEE | 4 | "Oh, so that's how it is!" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | IWISH | 5 | "Would that it were so!" |
| 33% | NYT | 3 | Its slogan is "All the News That's Fit to Print": Abbr. |
| 33% | OWL | 3 | Bird that's often considered to be wise |
| 33% | SORRY | 5 | "I am so ___ to hear that" |
| 32% | NYT | 3 | Its motto is "All the News That's Fit to Print," in brief |
| 32% | EGO | 3 | One's head can be swollen with it, so to say |
| 32% | PTA | 3 | School gp. that sometimes has an "S" added to its name |
| 32% | ITDEPENDS | 9 | "There are so many factors to consider" |
| 32% | SORRY | 5 | "I am so ___ to hear that" (upset) |
| 32% | NEARAS | 6 | "As ___ dammit": so close to being dead on that it really makes no difference |
| 32% | REALDEAL | 8 | Something considered to be a supremely good example of its kind, with "the" |
| 31% | FOOLPROOF | 9 | So easy to do that it's impossible to go wrong |
| 31% | ISEE | 4 | "So that's how it is" |
| 31% | ISEE | 4 | "So that's how it is!" |
| 31% | AHA | 3 | "So that's what it is!" |