| 100% | SHAKE | 5 | Drink enjoyed by a child |
| 56% | NICHE | 5 | Enjoyed by a narrow audience |
| 54% | COCACOLAS | 9 | Drinks enjoyed by polar bears in ads |
| 53% | TEA | 3 | "Sweet" drink enjoyed by many Southerners |
| 52% | LATTE | 5 | Drink made by a barista |
| 51% | SHOT | 4 | Drink followed by a chaser, often |
| 50% | ICEE | 4 | Drink invented by a Dairy Queen owner |
| 49% | BUZZCOLA | 8 | Caffeinated soft drink enjoyed by Bart on "The Simpsons": 2 wds. |
| 49% | WHATSTHETEA | 11 | ["I'll try 'Painted Ladies' for $1,000"] This piece by Impressionist Mary Cassatt shows two women enjoying a drink |
| 49% | NOG | 3 | Drink enjoyed next to a Christmas tree, for short |
| 48% | FERAL | 5 | Wild, like a child raised by wolves |
| 48% | GREWUPON | 8 | Enjoyed frequently as a child |
| 48% | SIPON | 5 | Enjoy slowly, as a drink |
| 48% | SIP | 3 | Enjoy slowly, as a drink |
| 48% | SIPS | 4 | Enjoys slowly, as a drink |
| 48% | SIP | 3 | Enjoy leisurely, as a drink |
| 48% | NEHI | 4 | Drink introduced by a company once known as Chero-Cola |
| 47% | BOOSTERSEAT | 11 | Safety device for a child traveling by car |
| 47% | APERITIF | 8 | Alcoholic drink enjoyed before a meal |
| 47% | SIP | 3 | Slowly enjoy a drink |
| 47% | CHERUB | 6 | The type of angel represented by a chubby child |
| 46% | WHERESWALDO | 11 | Question posed by a 1987 children's best seller |
| 46% | SIPON | 5 | Enjoy slowly, as a drink (2 wds.) |
| 46% | HOT | 3 | "___ Chocolate," song by Tom Hanks from "The Polar Express" ... or a warm drink one may enjoy with marshmallows when it's very cold |
| 45% | TEA | 3 | Drink sipped by Kermit in a popular meme |
| 45% | ICED | 4 | Chilled a drink by adding cubes |
| 45% | EERIE | 5 | Like waking up to a child silently standing by your bed |
| 45% | SHIRLEY | 7 | Child star after whom a pink drink is named |
| 43% | ALE | 3 | Drink often enjoyed at a pub |
| 43% | THIRST | 6 | Feeling that's remedied by drinking a beverage |