| 100% | SETIN | 5 | Lead-in to "Language" in a 1993 comedy bestseller |
| 61% | DUO | 3 | Lead-in to "lingo" in a language-learning app name |
| 51% | PORTLANDIA | 10 | A sketch comedy series in which Buscemi played various roles, leading to an Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Guest Actor" |
| 51% | MID | 3 | Lead-in to “summer” in a Shakespeare title |
| 50% | NOMAD | 5 | Lead-in to "land" in a hit 2020 film |
| 50% | SEXY | 4 | Lead-in to "back" in a Justin Timberlake song |
| 50% | SNO | 3 | Lead-in to “cross,” in a winter racing sport |
| 49% | FRANKREICH | 10 | Backup quarterback who led the Bills to a 32-point playoff comeback in 1993: 2 wds. |
| 48% | MOO | 3 | Lead in to "goo gai pan" to mean a dish |
| 47% | OBLA | 4 | Lead-in to "di" or "da" in a Beatles song |
| 47% | ONCE | 4 | Lead-in to "upon a time," in fairytales |
| 47% | ROADS | 5 | They all lead to Rome, in a saying |
| 47% | ROME | 4 | All roads lead to it, in a saying |
| 46% | ONCE | 4 | Lead-in to "upon a time," in fairy tales |
| 46% | ROADS | 5 | All of them lead to Rome, in a saying |
| 46% | ROADS | 5 | In a saying, all of them lead to Rome |
| 46% | DEADEND | 7 | A wrong turn in a maze may lead to one |
| 46% | BLACKOUT | 8 | A 2003 faulty electric grid led to this in Toronto |
| 45% | CLUE | 4 | It leads to an answer in a crossword |
| 45% | STARRED | 7 | To have appeared as the lead in a movie or play |
| 45% | ANISTON | 7 | 2002 Emmy winner for lead actress in a comedy |
| 45% | CLUE | 4 | What leads you to an answer in a crossword |
| 44% | RAYROMANO | 9 | 2002 Emmy winner for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series |
| 44% | BUTANELAUGHTER | 14 | Hoped-for reaction to using fuel gas in a comedy act? |
| 43% | UNI | 3 | Lead-in to code, on a computer |
| 43% | MODEL | 5 | Lead-in to T, A or X |
| 43% | SYLVIAMENDEZ | 12 | Her attempt to enroll in a segregated school led to a historic nineteen-forties court case |
| 43% | TROPICTHUNDER | 13 | 2008 comedy starring Jack Black as an actor forced to survive in a jungle: 2 wds. |
| 43% | RESTASSURED | 11 | Lead-in to a promise |
| 43% | EVE | 3 | Lead-in to a holiday |