| 100% | RYE | 3 | Grain of choice for Reuben loaves which takes about 9 months to grow before it reaches our ovens |
| 40% | MILLET | 6 | Tiny grain such as proso or foxtail, which takes about 3 months of steady care before it reaches our stores |
| 34% | WHEAT | 5 | Golden grain that needs about 4 months of hard work to grow before it's ready to become our daily bread |
| 28% | OATS | 4 | Wholesome breakfast grains that need 4 months of care by farmers before they make it to our bowls |
| 21% | EON | 3 | Amount of time it takes for a red light to change, hyperbolically |
| 21% | YEAR | 4 | Length of time it takes for the Earth to go around the Sun |
| 20% | OATS | 4 | Breakfast cereal grains which make it impossible to catch one of them between your teeth |
| 20% | EIGHTBULBJOKE | 13 | Gag about how many people it takes to change the devices of a whole chandelier, maybe? |
| 19% | RICE | 4 | Crop that thrives in waterlogged fields and takes nearly 6 months of hard work by farmers before reaching our plates |
| 19% | ROBINDIANGELO | 13 | Writer of the bestseller "White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism" (2 wds.) |
| 18% | RELAX | 5 | Take it easy, about to get loose |
| 18% | YEAR | 4 | It takes months to complete |
| 18% | TORN | 4 | Unsure of which option to take |
| 18% | HOMEALONE | 9 | 1990 film that Roger Ebert called "so implausible that it makes it hard for us to really care about the plight of the kid" |
| 18% | TNOTE | 5 | It takes up to 10 yrs. to reach maturity |
| 18% | CABFARE | 7 | It's enough to take you for a ride |
| 18% | DONE | 4 | Ready to take out of the oven |
| 17% | NSEC | 4 | About how long it takes light to travel a ft. |
| 17% | SOS | 3 | It's mistakenly believed to stand for "Save our ship" |
| 17% | ENDURANCE | 9 | It takes a lot of this to finish a marathon |
| 17% | THE | 3 | It accounts for about 7% of all printed English words |
| 17% | ALFIE | 5 | It lost to "Born Free" for Best Song of 1966 |
| 17% | EON | 3 | Time it takes for a mountain to form |
| 17% | EON | 3 | Time it takes for paint to dry, seemingly |
| 17% | DONE | 4 | Ready to be taken out of the oven |
| 17% | IRON | 4 | It makes up about a third of our planet's mass |
| 17% | OCTOBER | 7 | Month giving its name to a three-week war of 1973 |
| 17% | NEWSCYCLE | 9 | Time it takes to forget about a story, say |
| 17% | PSEC | 4 | Time it takes for light to travel .3 mm |
| 17% | YEAR | 4 | Time it takes for Earth to circle the sun |