| 100% | WORDLE | 6 | Game created by Josh Wardle that went viral in 2022 and was purchased by NYT |
| 39% | BUTTON | 6 | ___ Soccer, simulation game that also goes by "futebol de mesa" and is popular in Brazil |
| 37% | BALL | 4 | Playful paper projects! Round object that may be created by crumpling tinfoil, and used by kids in a make-do throwball game |
| 34% | HILL | 4 | "Running Up That ___," 1985 song by Kate Bush that went viral in 2022 because of a scene in "Stranger Things" |
| 33% | MYSPACE | 7 | Social networking service created by Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe that was popular in the 2000s |
| 31% | AMONGUS | 7 | Video game set in space that went viral in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | CARTOON | 7 | Animations like "Tom and Jerry" that might be created by a creative person, and a word with 16a hidden in it |
| 31% | FORZA | 5 | "___ Horizon," racing video game published by Microsoft Studios that is based in Colorado |
| 30% | REEK | 4 | Huge creature that went on a rampage in "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones" and was killed by the marksmanship of Jango Fett |
| 29% | EMS | 3 | ___ Technologies, defense and space communication co. was purchased by Honeywell Int. in 2011 |
| 29% | MAGIC | 5 | ___: The Gathering, collectible and trading card game created by Richard Garfield in 1993 |
| 29% | PLANE | 5 | Playful paper projects! Flight that may be created as an origami craft, and used by kids to pretend-fly in the air |
| 29% | ALCORN | 6 | The game Pong was created by Allan__ in 1972 |
| 29% | ORAN | 4 | City that will hold the XIX Mediterranean Games in 2022 |
| 29% | EEE | 3 | Sleeping sickness that occurs in horses in N. America and is spread by mosquitoes (abbr.) |
| 29% | BOOK | 4 | "The Ring and the ___," narrative poem written by Robert Browning that is set in Rome |
| 29% | EASY | 4 | Cakewalk word that goes with and can be found in "peasy" |
| 28% | BUY | 3 | ___.com, second e-commerce site behind Amazon in 2009, was purchased by and rebranded as Rakuten in 2010 |
| 28% | UNDECLARED | 10 | Sitcom starring Jay Baruchel that ran for a single season and was created by Judd Apatow |
| 28% | HANGOVER | 8 | "Love ___," 1976 song by Diana Ross that was featured in shows like "Mad Men" and "Pose" |
| 28% | ENOLA | 5 | Holmes who was played by Millie Bobby Brown in 2020 and 2022 |
| 28% | OMOO | 4 | Novel that ends "By noon, the island had gone down in the horizon; and all before us was the wide Pacific" |
| 28% | DINNER | 6 | "___ for Five," TV program that was created by and stars actor Jon Favreau |
| 28% | MGM | 3 | Movie studio with a lion mascot that was acquired by Amazon in 2022 |
| 28% | BOMB | 4 | Piece in the game Stratego that can only be defeated by a Miner |
| 28% | SUB | 3 | Type of vessel that went missing in June 2023 ... and is missing in five answers in this puzzle |
| 28% | BUPKIS | 6 | TV series created by and starring Pete Davidson that is based on his life |
| 28% | BOB | 3 | Short and sleek haircut, sported by Anna Wintour, that was popularized in the '20s |
| 27% | DICE | 4 | Objects that are shaken and tossed in games of chance |
| 27% | FINAL | 5 | "___ Fantasy," one of the longest-running video game franchise that was created by Hironobu Sakaguchi |