| 100% | SUCCESS | 7 | It smells sweet, according to a 1957 flim |
| 47% | SEX | 3 | It sells, according to a saying |
| 45% | HASTE | 5 | It makes waste, according to a saying |
| 44% | HASTE | 5 | It makes waste, according to a popular saying |
| 41% | NEWSFLASHBUDDY | 14 | According to a viral Trill Withers tweet, it's white people's equivalent of "you got me [bleep]ed up" |
| 40% | CRIME | 5 | It "does not pay," according to a saying |
| 39% | TREES | 5 | According to the poet's oldest son, it was written "by a window looking down a wooded hill" |
| 38% | ORANGE | 6 | It is the New Black, according to a Netflix drama |
| 38% | BUNDTPAN | 8 | Thing with a sweet ring to it? |
| 37% | ERR | 3 | Act human, according to a proverb |
| 37% | OLDDOG | 6 | Poor learner, according to a proverb |
| 37% | ERR | 3 | Be human, according to a saying |
| 37% | ROARSCHACHTESTS | 15 | Inkblot interpretations ... according to a lion? |
| 37% | NOSE | 4 | It smells a lot |
| 37% | PARTING | 7 | It's such sweet sorrow, according to Shakespeare |
| 37% | ERR | 3 | What humans do, according to a saying |
| 37% | HONESTY | 7 | "The best policy," according to a saying |
| 37% | EASY | 4 | Like Sunday morning, according to a song |
| 37% | ONE | 3 | "The loneliest number," according to a song |
| 37% | HONESTY | 7 | The best policy, according to a saying |
| 37% | OCEANBLUE | 9 | What Columbus sailed, according to a rhyme |
| 37% | MEN | 3 | People from Mars, according to a saying |
| 37% | FLAMETHROAR | 11 | Fireball-projecting weapon ... according to a lion? |
| 36% | ANTENNA | 7 | It smells on a bug |
| 36% | SNOUT | 5 | It smells in a sty |
| 36% | CAT | 3 | Its smell scares a mouse |
| 36% | WAR | 3 | It's good for "absolutely nothing" according to a 1970 hit |
| 36% | RDS | 3 | According to a saying, they all lead to Rome: Abbr. |
| 36% | FATE | 4 | It "will find a way," according to Virgil |
| 36% | LOVE | 4 | "All You Need..." according to a Beatles song |