| 100% | APOEM | 5 | It's said to be not as lovely as a tree |
| 54% | AGE | 3 | It's said to be "just a number" |
| 53% | PEN | 3 | It's said to be mightier than a sword |
| 53% | GAGGIFT | 7 | It's meant to be received as a joke? |
| 53% | GAB | 3 | It’s said to be a gift |
| 52% | ORAL | 4 | Like a contract that's said to be "not worth the paper it's written on" |
| 52% | PEN | 3 | It's said to be mightier than a sword, in a proverb |
| 51% | RENAME | 6 | It's said to be bad luck if you do this to a boat |
| 51% | TONI | 4 | Morrison who said "A writer's life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity" |
| 49% | TACT | 4 | It's said to be "the art of recognizing when to be big and when not to belittle" |
| 49% | AGE | 3 | It's sometimes said to be "just a number" |
| 49% | LEAR | 4 | King quoted as saying "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!" |
| 48% | ARESO | 5 | Potential reply to "I am not a crook," if you assume Nixon said it on a playground |
| 47% | WATSON | 6 | To whom it is said "You have a grand gift for silence …. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion" |
| 47% | HAW | 3 | It's not right to say on a farm |
| 47% | FADED | 5 | Not as bright as it used to be |
| 46% | PEN | 3 | It used to be light as a feather |
| 46% | TIMING | 6 | It's said to be everything |
| 46% | SEAAIR | 6 | It's said to be salubrious |
| 46% | PEN | 3 | It is said to be mightier than a sword |
| 46% | AYE | 3 | It's said to be in favor |
| 46% | FOUNDMISSING | 12 | Like a stolen object, when it's not where it's supposed to be |
| 45% | QUALITY | 7 | It's said to be put over quantity |
| 45% | THEPLUNGE | 9 | It's said to be taken upon marriage |
| 45% | MUSTSEE | 7 | Not to be missed, as a TV show |
| 45% | AJAR | 4 | "When it's ___" (answer to the old riddle "When is a door not a door?") |
| 45% | FAILURE | 7 | It's said to be "the mother of success" |
| 45% | PEN | 3 | It's said to be mightier than the sword |
| 45% | PEN | 3 | It's said to be "mightier than the sword" |
| 45% | VARIETY | 7 | It's said to be the spice of life |