| 100% | OPENMIND | 8 | It's receptive to new ideas |
| 72% | OPENMINDED | 10 | Receptive to new ideas |
| 72% | OPEN | 4 | Receptive to new ideas |
| 71% | OPENMINDED | 10 | Receptive to new ideas (hyph.) |
| 70% | OPENMINDS | 9 | They’re receptive to new ideas |
| 69% | OPEN | 4 | __-minded; receptive to new ideas |
| 69% | CLOSEMINDED | 11 | Not receptive to new ideas |
| 53% | SIT | 3 | It's a new way to relax |
| 53% | SIT | 3 | It’s a new way to relax |
| 52% | SIT | 3 | It's a new way to take exams |
| 51% | UNRECEPTIVE | 11 | Not open to new ideas |
| 50% | OPENMINDED | 10 | Receptive to others' ideas |
| 48% | LISP | 4 | "Whose cruel idea was it for the word '___' to have an S in it?" (Steven Wright joke) |
| 47% | HADNO | 5 | "I ___ idea!" ("That's news to me!"): 2 wds. |
| 47% | STAYUP | 6 | Make it to midnight on New Year's Eve, say |
| 46% | NEVER | 5 | When it's a good idea to argue with strangers on the internet |
| 45% | IMAWARE | 7 | "It's not news to me ... " |
| 45% | ESTREET | 7 | Belmar, New Jersey, location that lent its name to Springsteen's band |
| 45% | SLACKNESS | 9 | It's really tough to play "Duelling Banjos" when your new strings display any degree of this |
| 45% | CAEN | 4 | "It's News to Me" columnist Herb |
| 44% | SHOULDI | 7 | "Do you think it's a good idea for me to do this?" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | IKNOW | 5 | "It's not news to me": 2 wds. |
| 44% | UPGRADE | 7 | To improve something to its newer version |
| 44% | ASGOODAS | 8 | Restored to its best, __ new |
| 43% | CST | 3 | New Orleans goes back to it in Nov. |
| 42% | URL | 3 | It changes when you go to a new site |
| 42% | IVE | 3 | "___ never heard of that" ("It's new to me") |
| 41% | ORANGE | 6 | It is the New Black, according to a Netflix drama |
| 41% | REHASH | 6 | Give a new shape to an old idea |
| 41% | PITCHING | 8 | Outlining a new business idea to potential clients |