| 100% | DIN | 3 | Kipling's "Gunga ___" (also the word for an annoying noise) |
| 46% | DRESS | 5 | Word for "put clothes on" that's also an article of clothing |
| 46% | DESPERADO | 9 | Popular Eagles song, named after the word for an outlaw |
| 45% | CADRE | 5 | Word for a small military group that's also an anagram of raced |
| 45% | TATER | 5 | Slangy word for the vegetable that's also called a "spud" |
| 45% | JAVA | 4 | Slang word for "coffee" that's also the name of an Indonesian island |
| 45% | RHYTHM | 6 | ___ and Blues, also the word for a beat that a drummer keeps |
| 43% | OWL | 3 | Bird that's also the nickname for an athlete from Temple University |
| 43% | AND | 3 | The word that an ampersand stands in for |
| 43% | OTTO | 4 | Palindromic name that’s also the Italian word for eight |
| 43% | SALTY | 5 | Making a comeback is this "sodium-rich" slangy term for an annoyed person that originated in the late 1930's |
| 42% | HOMES | 5 | Synonym for residences that's also an acronym for the Great Lakes |
| 42% | UTOPIA | 6 | Word coined by Thomas More in an eponymous book that's now also the word for a perfect imaginary society |
| 42% | ZULU | 4 | African language that's also the NATO code word for Z |
| 42% | GLEE | 4 | Joyous feeling that's also the name for an American musical comedy-drama |
| 41% | BURRO | 5 | Spanish word for donkey, also common in the US |
| 41% | DESPERADO | 9 | Western contemporary film named after the word for an "outlaw," starring Antonio Banderas, who celebrates his birthday today |
| 41% | LIFT | 4 | UK word for what is an elevator in the US |
| 40% | AVEC | 4 | French word for "with" which is also an anagram for cave |
| 40% | CAMERA | 6 | Name for an instrument that comes from the Latin word for "chamber" |
| 40% | PAPA | 4 | Another word for "father", also the name of alt-rock band ___ Roach |
| 40% | BREA | 4 | Spanish word for "tar" in the name of an L.A. landmark |
| 39% | OCHS | 4 | Surname that's from the German word for an animal |
| 39% | SIR | 3 | Private's word for an officer |
| 38% | ORB | 3 | Another word for a sphere, such as the Sun, which is an ___ of light |
| 38% | LISP | 4 | "Whose cruel idea was it for the word '___' to have an S in it?" (Steven Wright joke) |
| 38% | SHERE | 5 | Kipling's word for ''tiger'' |
| 38% | VENERABLE | 9 | Word for an archdeacon |
| 38% | ELSE | 4 | Word for an alternative |
| 37% | TORO | 4 | Brand of lawn mowers and snow blowers that is also the Spanish word for a "bull" |