| 100% | ELLIPSE | 7 | Earth's orbit around the sun, e.g. |
| 77% | ELLIPSE | 7 | Earth's orbit around the sun, for example |
| 61% | ORBIT | 5 | Earth's path around the sun |
| 60% | ORB | 3 | Earth's path around the sun, for short |
| 55% | YRS | 3 | Times of orbits around the sun: Abbr. |
| 55% | COMETS | 6 | Icy celestial bodies that orbit around the Sun |
| 54% | SYZYGY | 6 | Alignment of the sun, earth and moon, e.g. |
| 52% | SATELLITE | 9 | Device placed in orbit around the Earth |
| 52% | SPACEJUNK | 9 | Human-made debris in orbit around the Earth |
| 50% | YEAR | 4 | Time period for one revolution around the Sun by Earth |
| 50% | STAR | 4 | The sun, e.g. |
| 49% | SATELLITE | 9 | Weather-tracking device orbiting the Earth, e.g. |
| 49% | ORB | 3 | Earth ___its around the Sun |
| 48% | PERIGEE | 7 | Point in its orbit around the Earth when the moon is nearest the Earth |
| 47% | SQUINTS | 7 | Looks into the sun, e.g. |
| 46% | REDGIANT | 8 | The sun, e.g., in about five billion years |
| 46% | ORBIT | 5 | Planet's path around the sun |
| 46% | ORBIT | 5 | Planet's trajectory around the sun |
| 46% | SPACESTAT | 9 | "More than a million Earths can fit inside the sun," e.g.? |
| 45% | SPINS | 5 | "For a long time, it was believed that the sun ___ around the earth." |
| 45% | ORBITS | 6 | What the Earth does around the sun |
| 45% | YEAR | 4 | One revolution of earth around the sun |
| 45% | ORBIT | 5 | Once around the moon, e.g. |
| 45% | IDIOM | 5 | Beat around the bush, e.g. |
| 45% | IDIOM | 5 | "Beat around the bush," e.g. |
| 45% | EVASION | 7 | Beating around the bush, e.g. |
| 44% | STAR | 4 | E.g. the Sun |
| 44% | HERESIES | 8 | "The earth orbits the sun" and others, once |
| 43% | PEST | 4 | Fly buzzing around the house, e.g. |
| 43% | ORBIT | 5 | Moon's path around the Earth |