| 100% | CREME | 5 | Ingredient often used to thicken a sauce base |
| 51% | OKRA | 4 | Ingredient used to thicken many a West African stew |
| 44% | SLURRY | 6 | Liquid mixture used to thicken sauces |
| 42% | AIOLI | 5 | Sauce often used to top fried fish |
| 42% | TAX | 3 | Figure often used to calculate a tip |
| 42% | PRIVET | 6 | Shrub often used to mark a boundary |
| 42% | GPA | 3 | Stat often used to select a valedictorian |
| 42% | COMMA | 5 | Punctuation mark often used to separate words in a list |
| 42% | LAUREL | 6 | Tree often used to impart a smoky flavor |
| 42% | PEAR | 4 | Fruit often used to describe a body type |
| 41% | TOE | 3 | Digit often used to test water temperature in a swimming pool |
| 41% | CRANBERRY | 9 | Fruit used to make a sauce popular with turkey |
| 41% | PUMPKIN | 7 | Fruit often used to make a jack-o-lantern |
| 40% | EPOXY | 5 | Material often used to securely connect a surfboard fin to the fin mount |
| 40% | PER | 3 | "___ se," Latin phrase often used to mean "in itself" while making a distinction |
| 40% | VAN | 3 | Vehicle often used when moving to a new place |
| 40% | TOMATO | 6 | Pureed ingredient used to thicken tortellini soup |
| 40% | TABASCO | 7 | Sauce often used in a Bloody Mary |
| 40% | TARRAGON | 8 | Herb used to flavor a Bearnaise sauce |
| 39% | LYE | 3 | A cleaning solution often used to clean ovens |
| 39% | CELSHADING | 10 | Technique often used to make 3D images appear in the style of a comic book |
| 39% | CHOCOLATE | 9 | Melted ingredient used to make a ganache |
| 38% | PARSLEY | 7 | Bright green herb used to make a sauce for fish |
| 38% | MIRROR | 6 | Glass object that is often used to figure out how one is looking at a particular moment |
| 38% | WATER | 5 | Liquid used as ingredient to make spiced cranberry sauce |
| 37% | CARPEDIEM | 9 | Latin phrase often used by a friend to mean "seize the day": 2 wds. |
| 37% | REDUCE | 6 | Thicken a sauce |
| 37% | TRAP | 4 | Equipment used to catch a mouse, often seen in "Tom And Jerry" |
| 37% | TABASCO | 7 | Spicy sauce often used in a Bloody Mary |
| 37% | ETCETERA | 8 | Latin phrase often used at the end of a list to mean "and so on" |