| 100% | DUMPSTERFIRE | 12 | Horribly mismanaged situation (new Merriam-Webster entry of 2018) |
| 55% | HATEWATCH | 9 | View with disdain? (new Merriam-Webster entry of 2018) |
| 53% | AIRPLANEMODE | 12 | Setting over the horizon? (new Merriam-Webster entry of 2018) |
| 52% | FORCEQUIT | 9 | Shut down a stalled app (new Merriam-Webster entry of 2018) |
| 51% | CAPE | 4 | Vigorously defend, with “for” (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2023) |
| 50% | TERRAFORM | 9 | Make inhabitable, as a planet (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2022) |
| 50% | RIZZ | 4 | Romantic appeal or flirting skill (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2023) |
| 49% | REACTIONGIF | 11 | Animated image texted as a reply (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2021) |
| 49% | METAVERSE | 9 | Virtual environment that accommodates multiple realities (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2022) |
| 49% | COLDOPEN | 8 | Scene that precedes a title sequence (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2023) |
| 49% | SILVERFOX | 9 | Attractive older man who’s gone gray (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2021) |
| 49% | CRATEDIG | 8 | Shop for rare recordings in secondhand stores (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2023) |
| 48% | SAPIOSEXUAL | 11 | One who’s attracted to highly intelligent people (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2021) |
| 48% | GREENWASH | 9 | Mask environmentally harmful practices with misleading P.R. (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2022) |
| 48% | VIDEODOORBELL | 13 | Small security camera at a house’s entrance (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2022) |
| 48% | SMISHING | 8 | Tricking people into disclosing confidential information via text (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2023) |
| 48% | CROMULENT | 9 | Synonym for “acceptable” first used on “The Simpsons” (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2023) |
| 48% | BEASTMODE | 9 | Animalistic persona that one might adopt when competing (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2023) |
| 48% | GIGWORKER | 9 | Person who takes temporary jobs in the service sector (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2021) |
| 47% | EDGELORD | 8 | Person who delights in trolling or making deliberately provocative comments (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2023) |
| 47% | QUIETQUIT | 9 | Do as little work at one’s job as possible (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2023) |
| 38% | SECONDGENTLEMAN | 15 | Husband of a Vice-President (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2021) |
| 38% | DADJOKE | 7 | Corny, groan-inducing witticism (new Merriam-Webster entry of 2019) |
| 36% | ONBRAND | 7 | Consistent with one’s public image (new Merriam-Webster entry of 2019) |
| 34% | DEFS | 4 | Webster entries, the exact descriptions of something: Abbr |
| 34% | MUDSEASON | 9 | Time of year when dirt roads become undrivable (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2022) |
| 33% | NOAH | 4 | Webster of Merriam-Webster |
| 31% | SOLOPRENEUR | 11 | Owner of a single-person business (new Merriam-Webster entry of 2019) |
| 31% | ESCAPEROOM | 10 | Place to think your way out of (new Merriam-Webster entry of 2019) |
| 31% | GARBAGETIME | 11 | Final moments of an already decided game (new Merriam-Webster entry of 2019) |