| 100% | PEATY | 5 | Having the taste of smoke, as some Scotches |
| 46% | OAKY | 4 | Tasting of wood, as some spirits |
| 46% | OAKY | 4 | Tasting of wood, as some wines |
| 46% | OAKY | 4 | Tasting of wood, as some chardonnays |
| 46% | SMOKY | 5 | Like the taste of peated scotches, typically |
| 46% | SMOKY | 5 | Like the taste of peated Scotch whisky |
| 46% | CORKY | 5 | Like the taste of some bad wine |
| 46% | SIPS | 4 | Has a taste of, as wine |
| 45% | VILE | 4 | Really awful, like the taste of some medicines |
| 45% | WINY | 4 | Having a taste of the grape |
| 44% | TRY | 3 | Have a taste of, as an unfamiliar food |
| 44% | SOAPY | 5 | Like the taste of cilantro, to some |
| 43% | ISOTONIC | 8 | Having the same concentration of salt as mammalian blood |
| 40% | DETECT | 6 | Discover the presence of, as smoke |
| 40% | BOISE | 5 | State capital that has the same number of letters as its state |
| 39% | ADENOIDAL | 9 | Sounding as if the speaker has some swollen glands |
| 39% | STALE | 5 | Having lost the factor of freshness as a food item |
| 39% | OPLACETOGO | 10 | What some of the letters in this puzzle seemingly have |
| 39% | TRASHIEST | 9 | In the poorest of taste, as a novel |
| 39% | PREMIERED | 9 | Had the first showing (of), as a film |
| 37% | SAVOR | 5 | Enjoy the taste of |
| 37% | SAVORING | 8 | Enjoying the taste of |
| 37% | SAVOR | 5 | Relish the taste of |
| 37% | FLAVORS | 7 | Alters the taste of |
| 37% | FIGURE | 6 | Winter Olympic sport ___ skating which has Ice dance as one of the disciplines |
| 36% | GAMY | 4 | Like the taste of venison |
| 36% | TART | 4 | Like the taste of umeboshi |
| 36% | SWEET | 5 | Like the taste of candy |
| 36% | TART | 4 | Like the taste of calamansi |
| 36% | TART | 4 | Like the taste of starfruit |