| 100% | SUCK | 4 | Draw in liquid in your mouth by the use of muscles |
| 43% | GARGLES | 7 | Swills liquid in the back of the mouth |
| 42% | HYDRAULIC | 9 | Driven by the movement of liquid in confined spaces |
| 41% | CARDIAC | 7 | Type of muscle used in the heart |
| 40% | STYRENE | 7 | Flammable liquid hydrocarbon used in the manufacture of plastic |
| 40% | RIDE | 4 | "___ of the Valkyries" (work by Wagner used in many film scores) |
| 39% | GUMARABIC | 9 | Substance exuded by various acacia trees used in the manufacture of adhesives |
| 39% | LAC | 3 | Resinous substance secreted by certain insects used in the manufacture of shellac |
| 39% | SPITFIRE | 8 | British aircraft designed by Reginald Mitchell used in the Battle of Britain |
| 38% | SHELLAC | 7 | Yellowish resin secreted by the lac insect used in the manufacture of gramophone records |
| 38% | ASS | 3 | Jawbone of an ___ (weapon used by Samson, in the Bible) |
| 38% | AMBERGRIS | 9 | Waxy substance used in perfume manufacture secreted by the intestinal tract of the sperm whale |
| 38% | NOSE | 4 | Organ right in the center of your face that you'd get checked by 34a |
| 38% | CURD | 4 | Substance used in cheese-making formed from the coagulation of milk by acid or rennet |
| 37% | REPRESSIVE | 10 | Restricting freedom by the use of force |
| 37% | CONQUEST | 8 | Territory gained by the use of military force |
| 37% | BARELY | 6 | By the skin of your teeth |
| 36% | ARMIEHAMMER | 11 | "Call Me By Your Name" actor who plays Martin Ginsburg in "On the Basis of Sex" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | SLANG | 5 | Specialty of "Urban Dictionary" which was used in 2011 by a district court in an ATF complaint to document the meanings of "murk" |
| 36% | ODETOJOY | 8 | Friedrich Schiller poem used in the final movement of Symphony No 9 in D minor by Ludwig van Beethoven |
| 36% | BROW | 4 | By the sweat of your __; with hard work |
| 36% | BLIMEY | 6 | Expression of surprise in Britain, commonly used by Ron Weasley in the "Harry Potter" series |
| 36% | ARC | 3 | Type of lamp using carbon electrodes invented by Humphry Davy in the early 19th century |
| 36% | BIT | 3 | Piece of metal held in the mouth of a horse by reins in order to control the animal while riding |
| 35% | NUMB | 4 | 2003 hit song by Linkin Park ... or the feeling of no pain after dipping your toes in ice-cold water |
| 35% | HYDROGEN | 8 | In its liquid form it is the signature fuel of NASA space programs, using 10 million lbs. annually |
| 35% | ANTLERS | 7 | “I use ___ in all of my decorating” (lyric sung by Gaston, in “Beauty and the Beast”) |
| 35% | PALATE | 6 | The roof of your mouth |
| 35% | SEAT | 4 | By the ___ of your pants |
| 35% | AMAHL | 5 | Boy in a Menotti opera inspired by The Adoration of the Magi |