| 100% | BRIGADOON | 9 | Highlands village that appears for only one day every 100 years |
| 47% | BRIGADOON | 9 | Village that appears every 100 years, a musical |
| 31% | ANNUALS | 7 | Plants that live for only one growing season |
| 29% | MOVER | 5 | One for whom every day is Boxing Day? |
| 29% | CANDLE | 6 | There's one for every year |
| 29% | FLU | 3 | Peak ___ season, time of the year that could be one of the many reasons why school could be out for the day or more |
| 29% | SUN | 3 | Body that's visible only once every seven years, in the Ray Bradbury short story "All Summer in a Day" |
| 28% | PERENNIAL | 9 | Adjective for plants that flower every year |
| 28% | EVE | 3 | The day before Lunar New Year, for one |
| 27% | PILLBOX | 7 | Container that often has seven compartments, one for each day |
| 27% | GNOTE | 5 | One of only 165,372 still out there that are worth 100 sawbucks |
| 27% | ISS | 3 | There's one every year for Person of the Year: Abbr. |
| 27% | JULIAN | 6 | Name for a year that consists of 365.25 Earth days |
| 26% | CAMEOROLLS | 10 | Bread that only appears for a short time? |
| 26% | RIO | 3 | City that hosts the biggest carnival in the world every year, for short |
| 26% | CHRISTMAS | 9 | Festival that comes after Thanksgiving Day and is celebrated on 25th December every year |
| 26% | HALLOWEEN | 9 | Festival that comes before Thanksgiving Day and is celebrated on 31st October every year |
| 25% | MONOCLE | 7 | A lens for only one eye |
| 25% | BRIGADOON | 9 | Mysterious Scottish village appears each 100 years |
| 25% | NMI | 3 | Abbr. for those with only one given name |
| 25% | AGE | 3 | 100 years, for Jimmy Carter |
| 24% | YOURESOVAIN | 11 | Carly Simon hit that was #9 on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1973: 3 wds. |
| 24% | CROCODILEROCK | 13 | Elton John hit that was #7 on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1973: 2 wds. |
| 24% | LETSGETITON | 11 | Marvin Gaye hit that was #4 on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1973: 4 wds. |
| 24% | DANCINGQUEEN | 12 | Song by ABBA that was #12 on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1977: 2 wds. |
| 24% | TRIP | 4 | Field ___, excursion that may be one of the many reasons why school could be out for the day |
| 24% | GOTTOGIVEITUP | 13 | Song by Marvin Gaye that was #20 on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1977: 5 wds. |
| 24% | BESTOFMYLOVE | 12 | Song by the Emotions that was #3 on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1977: 4 wds. |
| 24% | APOP | 4 | For every one |
| 24% | APIECE | 6 | For every one |