| 100% | AREOLA | 6 | Interstice on an insect's wing |
| 58% | ANTENNA | 7 | Long sensor on an insect's head |
| 52% | BUG | 3 | Eavesdrop on an insect |
| 50% | AILERON | 7 | Hinged flap on an aircraft wing |
| 50% | SIX | 3 | Number of legs on an insect |
| 48% | ANTZ | 4 | 1998 animated film centered on an insect colony |
| 48% | HEXAD | 5 | Legs on an insect or strings on a guitar |
| 47% | NOSTEP | 6 | Warning on an airplane wing |
| 47% | NOSTEP | 6 | Caution on an airplane wing |
| 46% | ALAE | 4 | Wings on an avis |
| 46% | LOCUST | 6 | An insect inflicted on Egypt as a biblical plague |
| 45% | AREOLA | 6 | Space between the ribs of an insect wing |
| 45% | IOMOTH | 6 | Insect with eyespots on its wings |
| 43% | RUMBLEFISH | 10 | Matt Dillon film based on an S. E. Hinton novel |
| 43% | CADDISFLY | 9 | Winged insect, called a sedge by an angler |
| 43% | IMAGO | 5 | Adult stage of an insect, typically winged |
| 42% | CHRYSALIS | 9 | An insect's pupa or its covering |
| 41% | OVAL | 4 | Shaped like an office on "The West Wing" |
| 41% | FLYCHROMOSOME | 13 | Holder of an insect's DNA? |
| 40% | SUPERMAN | 8 | Comic book hero with an S on his chest |
| 40% | LARVA | 5 | Early stage in an insect's life |
| 40% | THORAX | 6 | Middle section of an insect's body |
| 40% | PUPA | 4 | Early stage in an insect's metamorphosis |
| 40% | THORAX | 6 | Middle part of an insect's body |
| 40% | PUPA | 4 | Stage in an insect's life cycle |
| 40% | SIL | 3 | "S" on an invitation |
| 39% | LARVA | 5 | Early stage of an insect's life cycle |
| 39% | ANTENNA | 7 | One of an insect's two sensory appendages |
| 39% | PUPAL | 5 | Like one stage in an insect's life |
| 39% | EXO | 3 | Prefix for outer, like an insect's skeleton |