| 100% | GUANINE | 7 | It's paired with cytosine in a DNA strand |
| 46% | EGG | 3 | It's replaced with tofu in a vegan scramble |
| 45% | HELIX | 5 | Shape in a DNA strand |
| 44% | DNA | 3 | It's stranded in a cell |
| 43% | USERNAME | 8 | It's often typed in along with a password |
| 43% | IDEA | 4 | It's often depicted with a light bulb, in comics |
| 43% | JEST | 4 | It's said with a poke in the ribs |
| 43% | OUT | 3 | It's said with a thumb in the air |
| 41% | LEEK | 4 | Vegetable paired with potato in a soup |
| 41% | RHO | 3 | Letter paired with chi in a Christogram |
| 40% | SKOR | 4 | Hershey's toffee bar with a crown in its logo |
| 40% | FAA | 3 | U.S. regulating org. with a wing in its logo |
| 40% | BULLSEYE | 8 | Archer's target point with a "bull" in its name |
| 40% | OHIO | 4 | Cincinnati's state with a greeting in its name |
| 40% | BOAR | 4 | ___'s Head (deli food brand with a wild pig in its logo) |
| 40% | DEBUT | 5 | Actor's first appearance, with a silent "t" in its name |
| 40% | IRAN | 4 | Tehran's land with a verb hidden in its name |
| 40% | MACARONI | 8 | Pasta paired with cheese, in a popular dish |
| 39% | POUNDSIGN | 9 | It's paired with 3 |
| 39% | AMPERSAND | 9 | It's paired with 7 |
| 39% | RANCH | 5 | In Buffalo, it's a faux pas to order this with Buffalo wings |
| 39% | BERET | 5 | Painter's floppy French headwear, with a silent "t" in its name |
| 39% | PENGUIN | 7 | Tuxedoed Antarctic bird with a "writer's tool" hidden in its name |
| 39% | LION | 4 | "Mane" safari attraction with a "physicist's particle" hidden in its name |
| 39% | FOUR | 4 | "Fantastic ___," 2005 superhero film with a quartet's number in its title |
| 39% | PIZZAHUT | 8 | Domino's rival with a roof in its logo: 2 wds. |
| 39% | HAM | 3 | Cured meat paired with cheese in a sandwich |
| 39% | LOI | 3 | It's passed in a sénat |
| 39% | ELI | 3 | Roth who directed 2018's "The House With a Clock in Its Walls" |
| 38% | MADDOGS | 7 | They're paired with Englishmen in a Coward song |