| 100% | WEISGALL | 8 | Hugo —, composer of 1989 one-act opera Will You Marry Me? |
| 50% | STRAUSS | 7 | Composer of the one act opera Salome: Richard __ |
| 49% | PROPOSAL | 8 | "Will you marry me?" is one |
| 41% | MASCAGNI | 8 | Composer of one-act opera Cavalleria rusticana |
| 37% | BOLDPROPOSAL | 12 | "Will you marry me?" |
| 37% | RING | 4 | "Will you marry me?" object |
| 36% | ROLOS | 5 | Would you give someone your last one of these? |
| 36% | PROPOSAL | 8 | "Will you marry me?," e.g. |
| 36% | PROPOSE | 7 | Say, "Will you marry me?" |
| 36% | PROPOSAL | 8 | "Will you marry me?" gesture that is a popular break-time sight in most stadium sports |
| 35% | WOLF | 4 | Hugo —, composer of 1895 opera Der Corregidor |
| 35% | YES | 3 | Desired reply to "Will you marry me?" |
| 35% | YES | 3 | Preferred response to "Will you marry me?" |
| 35% | YES | 3 | Desired answer to "Will you marry me?" |
| 35% | LOL | 3 | Undesirable response to "Will you marry me?" |
| 35% | YES | 3 | Ideal answer to "Will you marry me?" |
| 35% | YES | 3 | Hoped-for response to "Will you marry me?" |
| 34% | DOT | 3 | i will show you one, but I will not |
| 34% | SCALE | 5 | "How would you rate this on a ___ of one to ten?" |
| 34% | YES | 3 | Desired response to the question "Will you marry me?" |
| 34% | SMETANA | 7 | Composer whose name is an anagram of SANTA + ME |
| 34% | ASKOF | 5 | "All I ___ of you . . ." ("My one request . . .") |
| 34% | PROPOSAL | 8 | What's happening when someone asks "Will you marry me?" |
| 34% | PROPOSAL | 8 | The act of asking someone to marry you |
| 34% | ARE | 3 | "( ___ You) The One That I've Been Waiting For" |
| 33% | JANE | 4 | Fonda of "This Is Where I Leave You" |
| 33% | IAMB | 4 | One-quarter of "Whose woods these are I think I know" |
| 33% | IAMB | 4 | One of four in "As I Was Going to St. Ives" |
| 33% | ASK | 3 | "All I ___ of You" ("Phantom of the Opera" tune) |
| 33% | IHAVEASSYRIASIDETOO | 19 | "Jokes and puzzles are only one part of me ..." |