| 100% | FIRSTRESPONDER | 14 | Firefighter's term for the quickest RSVP to the Firefighters Ball? |
| 57% | ELEVATORKEY | 11 | Firefighter's term for the secret to rising in the ranks? |
| 48% | SPRINKLERHEAD | 13 | Firefighter's term for the person in charge of ice cream toppers? |
| 47% | BUFFERZONE | 10 | Firefighter's term for the section of the firehouse cordoned off for polishing? |
| 46% | JAWSOFLIFE | 10 | Firefighter's term for lengthy gabfests about the meaning of existence? |
| 44% | TAKEDOWN | 8 | Term for bringing your opponent to the ground |
| 42% | SETTER | 6 | Volleyball position that's responsible for tossing the ball to the attacking players |
| 42% | VENACAVA | 8 | Two-word term for vein carrying blood to the heart |
| 41% | ATOMSMASHER | 11 | Layman's term for the gizmo they used to confirm the existence of the Higgs Boson in 2012 |
| 41% | ANOPIA | 6 | Medical term for the inability to see |
| 40% | PEARLY | 6 | __ Gates, slang term for the entrance to heaven |
| 40% | DRIBBLE | 7 | Basketball term for moving the ball on the court |
| 40% | ORGAN | 5 | Instrument for "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" |
| 40% | COUNT | 5 | Down for the ___, boxing term that's commonly used to refer to lost struggles |
| 39% | WHITEHOPE | 9 | Term for heavyweight boxers thought to have a chance of ending Jack Johnson's dominance of the division in the 1910s |
| 39% | SIXTHSENSE | 10 | Term for telepathy, psychometry, clairvoyance or the ability to know when the dog's sneaked off with my slippers |
| 39% | PAR | 3 | Golf term for the number of strokes to get a hole |
| 38% | CONTROLLEDBURN | 14 | Firefighter's term for a carefully measured dig? |
| 38% | BACKDRAFTS | 10 | Firefighter's term for certain offensive NFL picks? |
| 38% | WATERBOMBER | 11 | Firefighter's term for a person shouting "Cannonball!"? |
| 38% | ALDENTE | 7 | Italian term for cooked firm to the bite |
| 38% | ISP | 3 | Term for a company that provides access to the Web: Abbr. |
| 37% | ETHER | 5 | Anesthetic that used to be used by dentists, or a term for the sky |
| 37% | EST | 3 | Clock setting referred to for the Times Square ball drop |
| 36% | PATRICIDE | 9 | Term for the crime of killing one's father |
| 36% | ELEVENS | 7 | Term for the vertical wrinkles between one’s eyebrows |
| 36% | PUTT | 4 | Soft golf shot for when the ball is close to the hole |
| 36% | CHEAT | 5 | Kick your ball closer to the hole in mini-golf, for example |
| 36% | INNIE | 5 | Term for the person at work, as opposed to the "outie" of the outside world, on the show "Severance" |
| 36% | MESS | 4 | Campaign's strategy for communicating a vision to the public |