| 100% | PUPS | 4 | Dogs-to-be |
| 100% | GOD | 3 | Dog returned to supreme being |
| 100% | GOD | 3 | Dog returns to supreme being |
| 97% | CROWBARKING | 11 | Black bird pretending to be a dog? |
| 97% | ARES | 4 | Dogs were sacred to him |
| 94% | COLLARS | 7 | Dog leashes are clipped to them |
| 89% | SPITZES | 7 | Dogs that ought to be great swimmers? |
| 89% | OBEDIENCE | 9 | Classes where dogs are taught to behave |
| 89% | RETRIEVE | 8 | What Chesapeake dogs are trained to do |
| 89% | IDIOM | 5 | Expression not meant to be taken literally, like "raining cats and dogs" |
| 88% | STRAY | 5 | Dog or cat that might be taken to a shelter |
| 88% | LAIKA | 5 | Dog that was the first animal to orbit the Earth |
| 88% | SALIVATE | 8 | Pavlov's dogs were conditioned to do this |
| 88% | AFRICA | 6 | Continent to which painted hunting dogs are native |
| 87% | YOYO | 4 | It can be used to walk the dog |
| 87% | BULLFROG | 8 | What Jeremiah was, according to Three Dog Night |
| 86% | AZALEA | 6 | Flowering shrub with leaves that are toxic to dogs |
| 86% | SIDEA | 5 | "Don't Be Cruel" as opposed to "Hound Dog" |
| 86% | SCRAPS | 6 | Table ___ (tidbits that might be fed to a dog) |
| 86% | GOFETCH | 7 | Command to a dog after a ball is thrown |
| 86% | STAY | 4 | Command to make a dog remain where she is |
| 86% | BIGMAMATHORNTON | 15 | Singer who was the first to record “Hound Dog” |
| 85% | ASIA | 4 | Where dogs are believed to have been domesticated 10,000+ years ago |
| 84% | TRUFFLE | 7 | Pigs or dogs are used to find this earthy delicacy |
| 82% | LAIKA | 5 | Dog who became the first living being to orbit the Earth in 1957 |
| 82% | PUG | 3 | Dog sometimes considered to be so ugly that it's cute |
| 82% | SCRAP | 5 | Bit of food that might be tossed to a pet dog |
| 82% | BELLY | 5 | Where many dogs like to be rubbed |
| 81% | ANALOGY | 7 | Comparison such as "cat is to kitten as dog is to puppy" |
| 80% | TAKESFOR | 8 | Supposes to be |