| 100% | BRAINSTEM | 9 | It connects the spinal cord to the cerebrum: 2 wds. |
| 79% | BRAINSTEM | 9 | It connects the spinal cord to the cerebrum |
| 67% | BRAINSTEM | 9 | It connects the cerebrum to the spinal cord |
| 54% | BRAINSTEM | 9 | Body part connecting the cerebrum to the spinal cord |
| 48% | ERIECANAL | 9 | Waterway that connects the Hudson River to the Great Lakes: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ARACE | 5 | "It's ___ to the finish!": 2 wds. |
| 45% | OFUS | 4 | "It happens to the best ___": 2 wds. |
| 44% | CALLERID | 8 | It tells people who's trying to reach them on the phone: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 44% | SMARTTV | 7 | Home theater device that connects to the internet (2 wds.) |
| 43% | ARROWKEY | 8 | You press it on a computer to move the cursor around: 2 wds. |
| 43% | UMBILICAL | 9 | Like the cord connecting a baby to its mother |
| 42% | LOOP | 4 | It has the end connected to the beginning |
| 42% | SPORTCLIMBING | 13 | Wall-ascending event that was to make its debut at the 2020 Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 42% | WENTSOLO | 8 | Tried to make it on one's own without the band (2 wds.) |
| 41% | WRONGNUMBER | 11 | The Cure song with a "ring" to it (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | "What's Love Got to Do With It" actress who played Reva in "Boyz n the Hood": 2 wds. |
| 41% | TINATURNER | 10 | "What's Love Got to Do With It" singer who performed the theme to "GoldenEye": 2 wds. |
| 41% | GSTAR | 5 | The sun, to astronomers: 2 wds. |
| 41% | RONWEASLEY | 10 | The character Rupert Grint - whose birthday it is today - shot to fame playing in the "Harry Potter" series of films: 2 wds. |
| 41% | MISSYELLIOTT | 12 | "Work It" rapper who received the 2019 MTV Video Vanguard Award, the first female rapper to do so: 2 wds. |
| 41% | PRIVATEDANCER | 13 | 1984 Tina Turner album with the #1 hit "What's Love Got to Do With It": 2 wds. |
| 40% | NOLESS | 6 | "It will take them ___ than 10 days to fix the machine.": 2 wds. |
| 40% | BUZZALDRIN | 10 | Astronaut who partnered 31a on the moon mission and became the second person to walk on it: 2 wds. |
| 40% | NEILARMSTRONG | 13 | Astronaut whose birthday it is today, who became the first man to set foot on the Moon: 2 wds. |
| 40% | UMBILICAL | 9 | Cord connecting an unborn baby to the placenta |
| 40% | PLUGIN | 6 | Connect to an outlet: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ONEI | 4 | "Dedicated to the ___ Love": 2 wds. |
| 40% | ADDIN | 5 | Contribute to the mix: 2 wds. |
| 40% | SOFAR | 5 | Up to the present: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ONEI | 4 | "Dedicated to the ___ love...": 2 wds. |