| 100% | ARE | 3 | It is rude to st___ at people |
| 51% | HANKIE | 6 | It is to be sneezed at |
| 48% | LIGHT | 5 | It is said to travel at 299,792,458 metres per second |
| 47% | PLATYPUS | 8 | It is similar to a duck, but no duck at all |
| 47% | DIAL | 4 | People are told not to touch it |
| 47% | POTOFGOLD | 9 | It is said to be hidden at the end of the rainbow |
| 46% | LIMBO | 5 | People will bend over backward to do it |
| 46% | EXES | 4 | People whom it is inadvisable to booty call, usually |
| 46% | SECRET | 6 | It may be hard for one person to carry |
| 46% | TETRIS | 6 | Its players never want to be at the top |
| 44% | MATH | 4 | People who are good at this often have something to prove |
| 44% | NIGHTOWL | 8 | Person who prefers to be awake when it's dark out |
| 44% | CAST | 4 | People are asked to sign it after an accident |
| 44% | SAUCED | 6 | Was rude to |
| 44% | SASS | 4 | Be rude to |
| 44% | SASSED | 6 | Was rude to |
| 44% | JOINER | 6 | Person likely to be at the top of a sign-up sheet |
| 43% | MASSE | 5 | It shouldn't be tried by people who aren't good at English |
| 43% | FLORISTS | 8 | People whose job it is to sell flower arrangements |
| 42% | KARATE | 6 | Japanese discipline that was to make its debut at the 2020 Olympics |
| 42% | EGOS | 4 | People might be asked to check them at the door |
| 42% | YARNS | 5 | They may be related to people at sea |
| 41% | LITTLEDIDWEKNOW | 15 | "It was unfamiliar to us at the time, but . . ." |
| 41% | NOFUN | 5 | ___ League (what NFL stands for, according to people who think its rules are joyless) |
| 41% | SKATEBOARDING | 13 | "Wheelie" and "ollie" activity that was to make its debut at the 2020 Olympics |
| 41% | IPSO | 4 | “People who . . . want to rule people are, ___ facto, those least suited to do it”: Douglas Adams |
| 40% | EMS | 3 | The express lane at a supermarket is for people who have ten it___ or less |
| 40% | SPORTCLIMBING | 13 | Wall-ascending event that was to make its debut at the 2020 Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 40% | TIS | 3 | It is, to Tennyson |
| 40% | ERAT | 4 | It was, to Ovid |