| 100% | TWOREEL | 7 | Lasting about 20 minutes, as a silent comedy |
| 46% | REEL | 4 | About 10 minutes of a silent film |
| 46% | ONEREEL | 7 | About 10 minutes of a silent film |
| 38% | TOOTSIE | 7 | 1982 comedy about the actor Michael Dorsey getting a job as Dorothy Michaels |
| 37% | RESORT | 6 | As a last __ |
| 36% | ABORT | 5 | Scrub at the last minute, as a rocket launch |
| 36% | JURYDUTY | 8 | 2023 Freevee comedy documentary about a fake court case starring James Marsden as himself: 2 wds. |
| 35% | RESORT | 6 | Only as a last ___ |
| 34% | ETCH | 4 | Form, as a lasting memory |
| 34% | BOY | 3 | "About a ___," comedy-drama starring Hugh Grant as an irresponsible bachelor |
| 34% | ESSEN | 5 | It's about 20 minutes from Düsseldorf Airport by train |
| 34% | SLAY | 4 | Delight, as a comedy club crowd |
| 34% | MUM | 3 | Silent about a secret |
| 33% | EDGY | 4 | Pushing the boundaries, as a comedy routine |
| 33% | REEL | 4 | About 10 minutes of silents |
| 33% | DUDEWHERESMYCUR | 15 | Comedy about a lost mutt? |
| 33% | STAR | 4 | Last argument about a sun |
| 33% | BOREDTODEATH | 12 | HBO original comedy TV series by Jonathan Ames, about a Brooklyn-based writer working as an unlicensed private detective: 3 wds. |
| 33% | EMCEED | 6 | Ran, as a comedy roast or awards ceremony |
| 32% | ESC | 3 | PC key often hit as a last resort |
| 32% | MUTATE | 6 | Silent about a time to change |
| 32% | HERO | 4 | Last minute rescuer, like a firefighter |
| 32% | WHITENOISE | 10 | Don DeLillo novel whose original dust jacket touted it as “a brilliant story about death and the fear of death . . . a comedy, of course” |
| 32% | YESAND | 6 | Phrase used as a basic tenet of improv comedy |
| 32% | KEEPMUM | 7 | Stay silent about a secret |
| 32% | COP | 3 | About work as a lawman |
| 31% | GARBAGETIME | 11 | Last minutes of a blowout game |
| 31% | THEGODRUSH | 10 | Chaplin comedy about a religious migration? |
| 31% | TWELFTH | 7 | __ Night, Shakespeare comedy about a shipwreck |
| 31% | ZOOLANDER | 9 | 2001 comedy about a fashion model |