| 100% | NERDEDOUT | 9 | Excitedly recited the digits of pi, for example |
| 48% | NERDS | 5 | Ones memorizing the digits of pi, perhaps |
| 46% | MOVIE | 5 | "American Pie" or "Life of Pi," for example |
| 45% | NERDALERT | 9 | Teasing words when someone starts listing the digits of pi, say |
| 45% | ONE | 3 | First digit of pi after the decimal |
| 45% | ONE | 3 | First digit of pi after the decimal point |
| 44% | CARD | 4 | The nine of diamonds, for example |
| 44% | CARD | 4 | The seven of diamonds, for example |
| 44% | OPERABUFFA | 10 | The Barber of Seville, for example |
| 43% | PAGE | 4 | The front of a newspaper, for example |
| 43% | LOGO | 4 | The domino of Domino's, for example |
| 43% | SONICBOOM | 9 | The crack of a whip, for example |
| 42% | SPACESCIENCE | 12 | The use of Rover on Mars, for example |
| 42% | ACCIDENT | 8 | The discovery of penicillin in 1928, for example |
| 42% | MYTH | 4 | The story of Orpheus and Eurydice, for example |
| 42% | ORATE | 5 | Perform the Pledge of Allegiance, for example |
| 41% | POR | 3 | With 48-Down, for example, south of the border |
| 41% | FORMAT | 6 | Adjust the margins of, for example |
| 41% | ALTER | 5 | Change the hem of, for example |
| 41% | ODD | 3 | Like the 314th digit of pi |
| 40% | BIGTOE | 6 | The largest of the foot digits, used for balance |
| 40% | ANT | 3 | The protagonist of “A Bug’s Life,” for example |
| 40% | APEMEN | 6 | The Mangani of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan novels, for example |
| 39% | EDIT | 4 | Cut the length of a movie, for example |
| 39% | AMID | 4 | In the middle of a crowd, for example |
| 39% | ARGO | 4 | Movie that defeated "Life of Pi" and "Lincoln" for the Best Picture Oscar |
| 38% | PAIR | 4 | The queen of hearts and the queen of spades, for example |
| 38% | ODDPINNATE | 10 | Like the leaves of a rose plant, for example |
| 37% | ISLE | 4 | Any of the Florida Keys, for example |
| 37% | STAR | 4 | Component of the Big Dipper, for example |