| 100% | MEH | 3 | Jaded interjection popularized by "The Simpsons" |
| 78% | MEH | 3 | Unexcited interjection popularized by "The Simpsons" |
| 58% | YOINK | 5 | Snatching sound popularized by "The Simpsons" |
| 52% | MOPTOP | 6 | Style popularized by the Beatles |
| 52% | MOPTOP | 6 | Hairstyle popularized by the Beatles |
| 52% | WILDTHING | 9 | Song popularized by The Troggs |
| 51% | MOPTOP | 6 | Shaggy hairstyle popularized by the Beatles |
| 50% | SUIT | 4 | Pierre Cardin ___, garment popularized by The Beatles |
| 50% | METOO | 5 | Hashtag movement popularized by the Weinstein allegations |
| 50% | MAHNA | 5 | When repeated, song popularized by the Muppets |
| 50% | MOPTOP | 6 | Rhyming hairdo name popularized by the Beatles |
| 49% | FLOSS | 5 | Celebratory move popularized by the video game "Fortnite" |
| 49% | CROMULENT | 9 | Neologism coined by The Simpsons that means "decent" |
| 48% | ASIF | 4 | Disbelieving exclamation popularized by the movie "Clueless": 2 wds. |
| 48% | BELLA | 5 | "___ Ciao," song popularized by the TV series "Money Heist" |
| 48% | ZAP | 3 | "Electric" protest tactic popularized by the Gay Activists Alliance |
| 48% | SITONIT | 7 | Rude rejoinder popularized by the Fonz of 1970s TV |
| 48% | LITTLE | 6 | Santa's __ Helper, dog taken in by The Simpsons |
| 48% | PUNK | 4 | Music genre popularized by the Sex Pistols and the Ramones |
| 47% | DARES | 5 | "Who ___ Wins" (motto popularized by the British Special Air Service) |
| 47% | NOTTODAYSATAN | 13 | Defiant declaration popularized by the drag queen Bianca Del Rio |
| 46% | DOH | 3 | Exclamation popularized by Homer Simpson |
| 46% | PUNKROCK | 8 | Music genre popularized by the Sex Pistols and the Clash: 2 wds. |
| 45% | SILKROAD | 8 | Network of routes with a name popularized by the explorer Ferdinand von Richthofen |
| 44% | SPORK | 5 | Hybrid utensil popularized by Kentucky Fried Chicken in the 1970s |
| 42% | COWABUNGA | 9 | Slang word used by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Bart Simpson |
| 41% | CAKEWALK | 8 | Strutting dance popularized by minstrel shows at the end of the 19th century |
| 41% | DEFUNDTHEPOLICE | 15 | Slogan popularized by Black Lives Matter during the George Floyd uprisings (June, 2020) |
| 41% | WOOHOO | 6 | Cry of delight popularized by Homer Simpson |
| 41% | WAXONWAXOFF | 11 | Teaching catchphrase popularized by "The Karate Kid" |