| 100% | FANATIC | 7 | In fact, a confused zealot |
| 59% | FANATIC | 7 | In fact, a terrible follower |
| 54% | MOO | 3 | "Why, yes, I am, in fact, a cow" |
| 54% | AMOK | 4 | In a confused state |
| 54% | OGERMUGGER | 10 | In a confused manner |
| 52% | DATA | 4 | Facts and figures, in a computer |
| 52% | AMMO | 4 | Facts and stats, in a debate |
| 50% | DATA | 4 | Facts and figures in a Microsoft Excel sheet |
| 49% | GARBLE | 6 | Confuse, as the words in a song's lyrics |
| 49% | AMAZE | 5 | Astonish in a confusing place |
| 49% | AMAZE | 5 | Surprise in a confusing place |
| 48% | THEIR | 5 | One in a commonly confused trio of homophones |
| 48% | MAIZE | 5 | Cereal in a confusing place, say |
| 47% | SURELY | 6 | Word confused with a name, in an “Airplane!” gag |
| 47% | DELIRIOUS | 9 | Thinking in a confused way; extremely happy |
| 46% | LOOM | 4 | Fruit of the ___ (company that in fact does not have a cornucopia in its logo) |
| 44% | MELL | 4 | Pell-___ (in a confused manner) |
| 43% | TRULY | 5 | In fact |
| 43% | RACHELGREEN | 11 | Jennifer Aniston's "colorful" TV character who maintains they were not, in fact, on a break (2 wds.) |
| 42% | DARKAGES | 8 | Period often characterized as one of violence and backwardness, but in fact is a period of lack of records |
| 41% | LIFE | 4 | "The Facts of ___," NBC sitcom starring Charlotte Rae that's set in a boarding school |
| 41% | DAZED | 5 | "___ and Confused," 1993 comedy set in a Texan high school featuring Matthew McConaughey and Ben Affleck |
| 40% | FUDDLE | 6 | A confused multitude of things |
| 40% | HAD | 3 | Past-tense verb that's potentially confusing (but grammatically correct!) when written twice in a row |
| 40% | EAPOE | 5 | "The Facts in the Case of ___" (Andrew Sinclair novel that pays homage to a mystery writer) |
| 40% | REAL | 4 | Existing in fact |
| 40% | TOOTH | 5 | Tusk, in fact |
| 40% | TRUE | 4 | Correct in facts |
| 40% | SEVENS | 6 | At sixes and ___ (in a confused state) |
| 39% | POSTTRUTH | 9 | Like a world in which objective facts are less important than appeals to emotion and personal belief |